Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections soared by 779 to move from 23,298 to 24,077 in one day, according to daily update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The NCDC, via its verified Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, gave a breakdown of the new figures as follows:

Lagos-285

Rivers-68

FCT-60

Edo-60

Enugu-56

Delta-47

Ebonyi-42

Oyo-41

Kaduna-19

Ogun-18

Ondo-16

Imo-12

Sokoto-11

Borno-9

Nasarawa-8

Abia-5

Gombe-5

Kebbi-5

Kano-4

Yobe-3

Ekiti-3

Osun-2

24,077 confirmed

8,625 discharged

558 deaths