The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,270  new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections to 102,601.

The NCDC made this known on its official website, Tuesday, confirming that 12 new deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours.

This takes the nation’s death toll to 1,373 .

NCDC reported that the new infections were reported from 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

According to the breakdown released by the health agency, Lagos takes the lead with 435 infections, FCT 234, Oyo 103, and Plateau 86.

Other states with new infections were Rivers-71, Enugu-51, Nasarawa-41, Delta-39, Edo-39, Osun-33, Niger-31, Sokoto-23, Ondo-16, Taraba-13, Ebonyi-12, Kano-10, Abia-9, Bayelsa-8, Bauchi-7, Imo-5, Katsina-3, and Gombe-1. The NCDC disclosed that 1,083 additional patients had been discharged after they tested negative.