The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 213 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in various parts of the country.

The NCDC disclosed this in its latest update on the outbreak, saying the new cases were reported in 12 states on Monday.

The agency added that two new deaths were recorded.

Of the cases, Lagos recorded the largest number of infections with 157 testing positive.

Coming after the nation’s commercial capital was Rivers where 20 new infections were reported while Plateau recorded 12 more cases with Enugu and Oyo having six new infections.

Other states included Gombe – three, Bauchi – two, Imo – two, Kaduna – two, Edo – one, Ekiti – one, and Ogun one.

Data from the NCDC revealed that as of Tuesday, Nigeria has confirmed a total of 171,324 cases from the 2,439,850 samples tested so far.

Of the confirmed cases, 164,798 cases have been discharged and 2,134 deaths have been recorded in all 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).