COVID-19: Nigeria records 226 new cases, total now 6401

Nigeria has recorded 226 new cases of coronavirus, with total confirmed infections now put at 6,401.

Lagos led the pack with a huge 131 fresh cases, while Ogun came a distance second with 25 and Plateau, with 15 cases.

In the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Edo recorded 11 new cases of the virus; Kaduna, seven; Oyo, six, FCT, five, while Jigawa, Ebonyi and Borno have four cases each.

Others are: Nasarawa three cases; Bauchi and Gombe, two cases, while Enugu and Bayelsa recorded one case each.