143 new cases of the coronavirus disease have been recorded in Nigeria, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 54,008.
According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 41,638 patients have now been discharged, with 1,013 patients dying from COVID-19.
The tweet revealed that Plateau State had the highest number of infections on Monday with 35 cases, with Kaduna State following with 21 cases.
Other states read as follows: “Lagos-19 FCT-13 Ebonyi-9 Adamawa-7 Enugu-7 Katsina-7 Edo-6 Kwara-5 Osun-3 Anambra-2 Kano-2 Niger-2 Ogun-2 Benue-1 Borno-1 Sokoto-1”