The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced 315 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 12,801.
Lagos State still remains the epicentre for the disease as it recorded the highest daily figure on Monday with 128 infections.
Seven deaths were recorded from the virus on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 361.
No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
Announcing the confirmed cases on its tweet on Monday night, NCDC said the 315 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos(128), FCT(34), Rivers(32), Edo(28), Oyo(22), Kaduna(20), Gombe(13), Ogun(8), Plateau(5), Delta(7), Kwara(7), Kano(5), Bauchi(4), Katsina(2)
Till date, 12,801 cases have been confirmed, 8,400 cases are still active, 4040 cases have been discharged and 361 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
See the breakdown of cases by state below;
Confirmed Cases by State
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
| Lagos | 5,895 | 4,879 | 944 | 72 |
| Kano | 1,004 | 478 | 477 | 49 |
| FCT | 986 | 693 | 270 | 23 |
| Edo | 429 | 291 | 114 | 24 |
| Katsina | 397 | 167 | 209 | 21 |
| Oyo | 387 | 268 | 112 | 7 |
| Rivers | 364 | 191 | 152 | 21 |
| Kaduna | 363 | 143 | 210 | 10 |
| Ogun | 363 | 164 | 186 | 13 |
| Borno | 356 | 142 | 188 | 26 |
| Bauchi | 295 | 62 | 224 | 9 |
| Jigawa | 283 | 125 | 153 | 5 |
| Gombe | 230 | 85 | 135 | 10 |
| Delta | 155 | 112 | 35 | 8 |
| Kwara | 142 | 96 | 45 | 1 |
| Sokoto | 129 | 14 | 101 | 14 |
| Plateau | 120 | 30 | 88 | 2 |
| Nasarawa | 112 | 76 | 31 | 5 |
| Ebonyi | 103 | 78 | 25 | 0 |
| Abia | 83 | 76 | 7 | 0 |
| Zamfara | 76 | 0 | 71 | 5 |
| Imo | 68 | 49 | 19 | 0 |
| Yobe | 52 | 20 | 25 | 7 |
| Osun | 49 | 6 | 39 | 4 |
| Akwa Ibom | 45 | 29 | 14 | 2 |
| Niger | 44 | 17 | 26 | 1 |
| Adamawa | 42 | 11 | 27 | 4 |
| Ondo | 42 | 14 | 21 | 7 |
| Kebbi | 35 | 2 | 29 | 4 |
| Enugu | 30 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| Bayelsa | 30 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| Anambra | 29 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| Ekiti | 29 | 9 | 18 | 2 |
| Taraba | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| Benue | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Kogi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday said that 60 per cent of recent deaths recorded in Kano State had been linked to COVID-19 infection.
Ehanire made the disclosure in Abuja at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in Nigeria.
KAFTAN Post reports that the over 150 deaths recorded in Kano State in the last few days prompted investigations to determine if the deaths could be traced to COVID-19.
He said that the ministry had received the report of the Ministerial Task Team which visited Kano to support the COVID-19 response with commodities, training, technical and confidence building measures.
The minister said that the visit was also meant to offer support to five other states, adding that the committee had developed a Strategic Incident Action Plan to strengthen the health workers’ capacity.
Ehanire said it was observed that 50 to 60 per cent of persons above the age of 65 died of COVID-19 related cases while others died due to neglect or delay in treatment.
The minister added that about 979 strange deaths occurred in eight Municipal Area Councils of the state.
“The team confirmed from graveyard records, that a total of 979 deaths were recorded in 8 municipal LGA in the state at a rate of 43 deaths per day, with a peak in the second week of April.
“By the beginning of May, the death rate had reduced to the 11 deaths per day it used to be. The verbal autopsy revealed that about 52 per cent of deaths had occurred at home while 38 per cent were in a hospital.
“If circumstantial evidence are all to go by, investigation suggests that between 50-60 per cent of the deaths may have been triggered by or due to COVID-19 in the face of preexisting ailments. Most fatalities were over 65 years of age,” he explained.
