Nigeria on Thursday, recorded 745 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily count so far.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed the development in a tweet via its verified twitter handle.
In the data released on Thursday, Lagos had 280, while Oyo followed with 103.
Previously, the highest daily COVID-19 cases was 681, which was recorded on June 12.
Six deaths were recorded from the virus on Thursday bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 475.
The health agency said the new cases were reported in 21 states.
These are Lagos, Oyo, Ebonyi, FCT(60), Imo, Edo, Delta, Rivers, Kaduna, Ondo, Katsina, Kano, Bauchi, Borno, Kwara, Gombe, Sokoto, Enugu, Yobe, Osun and Nasarawa states.