Nigeria on Friday recorded 245 cases of coronavirus The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known in a tweet on Friday.

According to the agency, Lagos recorded the highest number with 131 cases, while Jigawa State followed with 16 cases.

NCDC wrote, “245 new cases of #COVID19;

“131-Lagos, 16-Jigawa, 13-Ogun, 12-Borno

9-Kaduna, 9-Oyo, 9-Rivers, 9-Ebonyi, 8-Kano

7-Kwara, 5-Katsina, 3-Akwa Ibom, 3-Sokoto

2-Bauchi, 2-Yobe, 1-Anambra, 1-Gombe, 1-Niger, 1-Ondo, 1-Plateau, 1-FCT, 1-Bayelsa;

“7261 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria;

“Discharged: 2007.Deaths: 221.”