Nigeria on Sunday recorded 471 new cases of coronavirus as the spike continues unabated.
Two people also died from the disease in the country within the last 24 hours.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this last night on its Facebook page, noting that the total number of cases in the country has risen to 178,086 while the death toll now stands at 2,187.
The disease centre added that the new cases were found in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Lagos State, for the upteenth time, reported the highest figure on Sunday with 219 cases.
Akwa-Ibom State had 102 cases, followed by Ondo with 37, Oyo (33) and Kwara (19).
Rivers State reported 16 of the cases while Ekiti had 15, Delta State-14; Ogun State- seven, and the FCT, five.
Niger State reported two while Edo and Katsina recorded one infection each.
Meanwhile, according to the NCDC data, of the more than 178,000 total cases, 165,763 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals across the country.
The centre added that Nigeria has tested over 2.5 million samples out of its estimated 200 million population.
