Nigeria on Sunday, July 12, 2020, recorded 571 new COVID-19 infections.

This takes the total confirmed cases in the country to 32,558.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the fresh cases were recorded in 19 States and the Federal Capital Territory.

Giving a breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis, NCDC said Lagos State recorded 152 new infections while Ebonyi reported 108 cases.

Others are; Edo(53), Ondo(46), FCT(38), Oyo(20), Kwara(19), Plateau(17), Osun(14), Bayelsa(14), Ekiti(14), Katsina(14), Akwa Ibom(11), Kaduna(11), Rivers(11), Niger(10), Ogun(7), Kano(6), Cross River(4) and Bauchi(2).

The Centre for Disease Control further disclosed that 16 persons died of COVID-19 complications while 334 persons recovered and were discharged from various isolation centres across the country on Sunday.

Currently, Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases stood at 32,558; 13,447 recoveries and 740 deaths.