The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 416 new COVID-19 cases in 19 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
This is the second highest daily toll recorded by NCDC since the index case was confirmed on February 27, 2020.
The highest daily toll was confirmed on Saturday, 553 cases.
No other state has more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases but Lagos has a total of 5,135 confirmed cases.
According to the NCDC update, 12 deaths were recorded and the number of fatalities increased from 287 to 299, while recoveries rose from 3,007 to 3,122.
The 416 new cases are reported from 20 states – Lagos (192), Edo (41), Rivers (33), Kaduna (30), Kwara (23), Nasarawa (18), Borno (17), FCT (14), Oyo (10), Katsina (7), Abia (5), Delta (5), Adamawa (4), Kano (4), Imo (3), Ondo (3), Benue(2), Bauchi(2), Ogun (2), Niger (1).
With the latest update, the COVID-19 case toll for Lagos has exceeded 5,000 as the state recorded 192 new cases on Monday.
The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Monday said no fewer than 59 patients have died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State.
It stated that the COVID-19 deaths increased to 59 after nine new cases were recorded in the state.
LSMOH said, “188 new cases of #COVID-19 Infection confirmed. Total confirmed cases in Lagos is now 5,151.
“Nine COVID-19 deaths were recorded in Lagos, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 59.”
Nigeria has now tested 63,882 people out of which 10,578 cases have been confirmed positive, 3,122 cases have been discharged and the active cases are 1,157.
The breakdown of the total number of cases in each state is as follows:
Lagos (5,135), Kano (958), FCT, (674), Katsina (371), Oyo (302), Jigawa (270), Borno (288), Edo (325), Ogun (280), Bauchi (240), Kaduna (288), Rivers (239), Gombe (161), Sokoto (116), Plateau (105), Kwara (111), Zamfara (76).
Others are Nasarawa (80), Delta (88), Yobe (52), Akwa Ibom (45), Osun (45), Ebonyi (40), Adamawa (42), Imo (39), Kebbi (33), Niger (33), Ondo (28), Ekiti (20), Enugu (18), Taraba (18), Bayelsa (21), Anambra (11), Abia (15), Benue (9) and Kogi (2).
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has directed the “restrictive opening” of worship centres but with a caveat that relevant containment protocols against the Covid-19 be respected in line with the agreement reached between the Presidential Taskforce PTF on Covid-19 and the state goverments.
The PTF which disclosed this on Monday during its daily briefing also announced the second phase of its eased lockdown which would be in place for four weeks.
The initial six-week eased lockdown ended by midnight of Monday, but the Presidential Taskforce PTF on Covid-19 said the pandemic is still very potent as Nigeria has not reached the peak of infection.
Nigeria, therefore, began the third phase of the eased lockdown on Tuesday.
Despite the significant spike in the number of cases, the federal government says responsibility for managing the COVID-19 pandemic now lies with the states.
While the task force on COVID-19 said the states can relax the restrictions placed on religious houses, it, however, reviewed the 8pm to 6pm curfew imposed on the country to now take place between 10pm and 4am.
It said since the transmission has gotten to the community level, and that it is expected that states and local governments now drive the process in their areas of responsibility.
The PTF also announced the full opening of banks and the financial services sector but insisted that schools remained closed until medical experts give the nod for reopening.
It also announced that steps are being taken to ensure that the aviation industry commences domestic flights from June 21.
