A total of 209 new cases were reported in Lagos on Tuesday, which is is close to half of 452 nationwide.
A total of new COVID-19 deaths were also recorded the same day.
According a tweet by he Nigeria Centre for Disease Control late Tuesday, the new cases occurred in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The beakdown of the figures shows that Lagos was followed by Oyo State with 67 cases, Delta with 37 cases, Ogun with 36 cases, Abia (20), Enugu (16), Bauchi (15).
Kaduna and Ondo also recorded 8 cases respectively, Osun (7) with Benue and Imo each recording (3) cases.
While the FCT has 22 cases, Borno, however, has the least figure with just 1 case.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country stands at 21,371, number of discharged persons stands at 7, 338
