Nigeria has recorded 187 fresh cases of the coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The NCDC disclosed the figures in a tweet via its official handle on Tuesday night. The new infections were recorded in 12 states of the country.

They are Lagos – 74, Plateau and Rivers – 25, Gombe and FCT – 19, Osun – 10, Kaduna – 5, Borno – 3, Ogun and Katsina – 2, Nasarawa, Bayelsa and Edo – 1.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 58,647 with 49,937 successfully treated so far.

Fortunately, no new death was recorded.

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire has called for more surveillance because of a possible spike in the number of infections.

He made this call earlier today during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja.

“As businesses and schools begin to open and as travels begin to pick up, we fear that we may have a surge in the number of cases unless we scale up surveillance and review our response plan to integrate new ways to deal with the disease,” he said.