According to the Centre, Nigeria’s total cases hit 29,879 with the new infections.

It added that 12,108 patients have been discharged upon treatment and recovery while 669 associated deaths have been reported.

The NCDC gave the state-by-state distribution of cases recorded in the country on Tuesday as, “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, and Gombe – 1.