Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 245 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country.

 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 245 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 7,261, Tribune Online reports.

The NCDC made this known via its Twitter handle and website on Friday. it also said that 131 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos.

“245 new cases of #COVID19; 131-Lagos 16-Jigawa 13-Ogun 12-Borno 9-Kaduna 9-Oyo 9-Rivers 9-Ebonyi 8-Kano 7-Kwara 5-Katsina 3-Akwa Ibom 3-Sokoto 2-Bauchi 2-Yobe 1-Anambra 1-Gombe 1-Niger 1-Ondo 1-Plateau 1-FCT 1-Bayelsa