The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, announced 339 new cases of COVID-19 in the country.

NCDC made the confirmation in a post on its official Twitter handle.

Lagos state recorded the highest number with 139 cases, while Kano State recorded 28 cases.

The total number of cases in Nigeria now stands at 7016.

NCDC tweeted: “339 new cases of #COVID19;

“139-Lagos, 28-Kano, 28-Oyo, 25-Edo

22-Katsina, 18-Kaduna, 14-Jigawa, 13-Yobe

13-Plateau, 11-FCT, 8-Gombe, 5-Ogun, 4-Bauchi,4-Nasarawa, 3-Delta, 2-Ondo, 1-Rivers

1-Adamawa State.

“7016 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria

“Discharged: 1907.Deaths: 211.”