Ondo tops list of new COVID-19 cases

On Sunday, Nigeria recorded its lowest COVID-19 daily infection toll since last December with 506 new cases.

However, while the new cases reduced, the death toll from the virus remained relatively high with 20 deaths recorded.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the update on Sunday night through its verified twitter handle.

The 506 new cases indicated a significant decrease from the 1,588 new cases recorded in the previous 24 hours.

Latest tally raised the total infection toll to 139,748.

In Sunday’s tally, Ondo state had the highest number of cases with 90 new infections while Abuja and Lagos were far behind with 28 and 20 cases respectively.

The 506 new cases were reported from 20 states Ondo 90, Kwara 89, Rivers 53, Borno 45, Gombe 32, FCT 28, Imo 26, Ogun 25, Lagos 22, Kaduna 14, Kano 14, Edo 13, Osun 11, Cross River 10, Yobe 9, Ekiti 7, Kebbi 6, Nasarawa 6, Oyo 5, and Jigawa 1.

Of the over 139,000 cases recorded so far, a total of 113,525 patients have recovered across the country.