Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 597 new COVID-19 cases. It also recorded 17 new deaths arising for COVID-19 complications.

The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official website.

With the new deaths, 2,573 people have so far died of complications related to COVID-19.

Lagos recorded the highest number of fresh infections on Tuesday – 204 and was followed by Rivers, Edo, and FCT where 89, 65, and 50 fresh cases were confirmed respectively.

Others are Oyo – 47, Enugu – 46, Ekiti – 24, Cross River – 17, Delta – 15, Gombe – 15, Osun – 12, Plateau – six, Benue – five, and Kano – two.

As a result of the new cases, Nigeria has now confirmed 196,487 infections, and 185,159 people have been successfully treated.