The country on Monday logged 584 new cases of the novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) disease.
The day’s tally marked a slight increase over the 541 cases
reported the day before.
The health officials also reported that 178 COVID-19
patients have recovered and were discharged and 4 additional coronavirus
related deaths in the last 24 hours.
As many as 59,554 samples were tested for coronavirus
disease in the span of a week. A total of 2,648,684 tests have been conducted in
the country since the pandemic started.
Active cases in the nation rises to 13,554.
According to the data released by the health officials
via its verified Facebook page, the new COVID-19 cases were reported across 14 states
and the Federal Capital Territory.
Lagos reported the highest number of COVID-19 infections
with 201, while Rivers, FCT and Ondo recorded 149, 82 and 73 cases respectively, the health
officials COVID-19 dashboard shows late Monday.
Other states are Ekiti-17, Cross, River-13, Oyo-11, Ogun-9, Delta-8,
Osun-8, Bayelsa-4, Kaduna-4, Kano-2, Kwara-2 and Sokoto-1
Today's report includes 0 cases from Kano, Nasarawa and
Plateau States.