Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 239 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said.

The latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 54,247.

The new cases were reported in the following 15 states: Plateau-116 FCT-33 Lagos-19 Ekiti-12 Kaduna-11 Ogun-11 Ebonyi-8 Benue-7 Abia-5 Delta-5 Ondo-4 Edo-3 Imo-2 Osun-2 Bauchi-1.

Nigeria also recorded 10 new deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

 

Nigeria is the third most impacted country in the African region by the Coronavirus.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 851,321 people worldwide with 25,533,540 reported cases and 17,635,900 recoveries.