Nigeria has recorded a total of 503 new cases of coronavirus.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure via its verified twitter handle on Tuesday.

NCDC said Lagos State recorded 153 cases, while Ondo State followed with 76 cases.

Nigeria now has a total of 29,879 confirmed cases and 669 deaths.

The tweet reads “ 503 new cases of COVID-19 Nigeria;

Lagos-153
Ondo-76
Edo-54
FCT-41
Enugu-37
Rivers-30
Benue-24
Osun-20
Kaduna-15
Kwara-13
Abia-9
Borno-8
Plateau-6
Taraba-5
Ogun-3
Kano-3
Kebbi-2
Nasarawa-2
Bayelsa-1
Gombe-1

“29,879 confirmed cases, 12,108 patients have been discharged with 669 deaths recorded.”