Nigeria posted second highest COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja and Lagos recording more than two-thirds of the infections.
According to data published by the NCDC , FCT Abuja posted 416 cases on Tuesday, more than the 324 reported by Lagos.
Kaduna posted 68 cases, to complete the trinity of centres where the second wave of the virus, has been most prevalent.
In all 17 states and Abuja reported cases, sending Nigeria’s total infections since February to 79, 789, the 9th largest in Africa.
Four persons also died in the last 24 hours, as death toll jumped to 1231, from 1,227 on Monday.
The number of discharged was 68,879, with close to 10,000 active cases.
Out of the 396 discharged on Tuesday, the NCDC said 254 of them were community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.
Here is a breakdown of the latest cases:
FCT-416
Lagos-324
Kaduna-68
Plateau-42
Kwara-32
Kano-24
Gombe-14
Sokoto-12
Yobe-12
Akwa Ibom-11
Bayelsa-10
Rivers-7
Bauchi-7
Ogun-6
Oyo-5
Edo-4
Taraba-4
Jigawa-1
79,789 confirmed
68,879 discharged
1,231 deaths
