Breaking: 553 new Coronavirus cases reported in Nigeria, highest in a single day

The Nigerian Centre for disease control, NCDC, has reported 553 new Coronavirus confirmed cases, highest recorded in a single day early Sunday since the outbreak of the Pandemic in the country.

The agency, in a tweet, wrote that, 378 of those cases are in Lagos while the Federal Capital Territory Abuja accounted for 52.

See breakdown below..

“553 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-378 FCT-52 Delta-23 Edo-22 Rivers-14 Ogun-13 Kaduna-12 Kano-9 Borno-7 Katsina-6 Jigawa-5 Oyo-5 Yobe-3 Plateau-3 Osun-1 9855 cases of #COVID19Nigeria Discharged: 2856 Deaths: 273″..