Nigeria's tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday rose to 10,819 as 241 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The agency in a tweet said the 241 new cases were reported in 14 states.
The states with new cases are Lagos-142, Oyo-15, FCT-13, Kano-12, Edo-11, Delta-10, Kaduna -9, Rivers-9, Borno-8, Jigawa-4, Gombe-3, Plateau-3, Osun-1 and Bauchi-1.
"Till date 10819 cases have been confirmed, 3239 have been discharged and 314 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory," it said.
A breakdown of the 10,819 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 5, 277 cases, followed by Kano - 970, FCT - 687, Katsina - 371, Edo - 336, Oyo - 327, Kaduna - 297, Borno - 296, Ogun - 280, Jigawa - 274,, Bauchi - 241, Rivers - 248, Gombe - 164, Sokoto - 116, Kwara - 111, Plateau - 108, Delta - 98, Nasarawa - 80, Zamfara - 76, Yobe - 52, Akwa Ibom - 45, Osun - 46, Adamawa - 42, Ebonyi - 40, Imo - 39, Niger - 33, Kebbi - 33, Ondo - 28, Bayelsa - 21, Ekiti - 20, Enugu - 18 Taraba - 18, Abia-15, Anambra - 11, Benue - 9 and Kogi - 2.
