A total of five hundred and ninety-four new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Thursday.

NCDC said Lagos State recorded 159 cases, while Delta State followed with 106 cases.

Nigeria now has a total of 22,614 confirmed cases and 549 deaths.

The tweet reads,“594 new cases of COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-159
Delta-106
Ondo-44
FCT-34
Edo-34
Oyo-33
Kaduna-33
Enugu-28
Katsina-25
Imo-22
Adamawa-15
Ogun-12
Osun-11
Abia-8
Rivers-6
Nasarawa-5
Bauchi-5
Niger-5
Kebbi-4
Ekiti-3
Plateau-1
Taraba-1

22,614 confirmed cases, 7,822 patients have been discharged with 549 deaths recorded.”