The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced 663 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.

This represents the highest number of infections confirmed in a day in the country. The latest figure brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 13,464.

Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos, remains the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria with 5,895 confirmed cases, 944 recoveries and 72 deaths.