No fewer than 296 new infections and 12 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in the country in the past 24 hours,.

This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Abuja on Tuesday morning.

The public health agency confirmed that the new infections, which were reported in 14 states and the FCT, boosted the national total to 204,752 cases, with 192, 943 discharged, while a total of 2,689 deaths were recorded nationwide.

A breakdown of the new infections indicated that, Rivers had 63 cases, Lagos (49), FCT (47), Osun (37), Edo (29), Plateau (18), Gombe (14), Nasarawa (12), Delta (10), Benue (5), Kano (5), Bayelsa (3), Oyo (2), Bauchi (1), and Ekiti (1).

The NCDC stated that the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country presently stood at 9,111.