Nigeria Records 535 New Cases of COVID-19

Nigeria has recorded 535 new case of Coronavirus across various part of the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this figure in its latest COVID-19 update .

Of the new infectious cases, Lagos recorded an alarming number of 219 infections, Akwa Ibom 142 and Oyo 47

According to the agency, five deaths were recorded while 49 patients have been discharged.

Nigeria has continued to witness a spike in its cases recently, there has been no official reason for this surge as the authorities have yet ti declare third wave of the pandemic in the country.

See the breakdown of cases according to states below:

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	62,887	3,916	58,515	456
FCT	19,956	46	19,741	169
Kaduna	9,141	18	9,058	65
Plateau	9,091	26	9,008	57
Rivers	7,569	137	7,330	102
Oyo	7,025	133	6,763	129
Edo	4,932	19	4,728	185
Ogun	4,746	37	4,654	55
Kano	4,016	10	3,896	110
Ondo	3,534	40	3,428	66
Kwara	3,162	39	3,068	55
Delta	2,663	35	2,556	72
Osun	2,588	16	2,520	52
Enugu	2,490	16	2,445	29
Akwa Ibom	2,390	445	1,921	24
Nasarawa	2,389	5	2,345	39
Gombe	2,129	12	2,073	44
Katsina	2,114	25	2,055	34
Ebonyi	2,039	5	2,002	32
Anambra	1,909	64	1,826	19
Abia	1,700	-1	1,679	22
Imo	1,667	6	1,624	37
Bauchi	1,551	1	1,533	17
Benue	1,366	15	1,327	24
Borno	1,344	1	1,305	38
Adamawa	1,134	4	1,098	32
Taraba	1,001	0	977	24
Ekiti	936	58	867	11
Niger	935	5	913	17
Bayelsa	920	14	880	26
Sokoto	786	11	747	28
Jigawa	551	23	512	16
Yobe	499	0	490	9
Kebbi	450	42	392	16
Cross River	404	2	384	18
Zamfara	244	3	233	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2