Nigeria, on Thursday, recorded 193 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of infected people exceeded 5,000.

These are Lagos, Kano, Jigawa, Yobe, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ogun, Plateau, Gombe, imo, Edo, Kwara, Borno, Bauchi, Nasarawa and Ondo states.

The details of the 193 new cases are as follows: Lagos - 58, Kano - 46, Jigawa - 35, Yobe - 12, FCT - 9, Ogun - 7, Plateau - 5, Gombe - 5, Imo - 4, Edo- 4, Kwara - 3, Borno - 3, Bauchi - 1, Nasarawa - 1 and Ondo - 1.

A breakdown of the 5,162 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 2, 099 cases, followed by Kano - 753, FCT - 379, Katsina - 224, Bauchi - 207, Borno - 191, Jigawa - 176, Ogun - 134, Gombe - 124, Kaduna - 114, Sokoto - 112, Edo - 92, Zamfara - 73, Oyo - 73, Kwara - 56, Osun - 42, Rivers - 33, Yobe - 32, Kebbi - 31, Nasarawa - 29, Plateau - 25,:Delta - 22, Adamawa - 21, Ondo - 19, Taraba - 17, Akwa Ibom - 17, Ekiti - 15, Enugu - 12, Niger - 10, Ebonyi - 9, Imo - 7, Bayelsa - 6, Benue - 4, Anambra - 2 and Abia - 2.

Since the federal and state governments eased the lockdown in various states, many Nigerians have flouted the guidelines put in place by the government to combat the spread of the disease.