Nigeria has on Tuesday recorded 503 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, totaling the country's confirmed cases of Coronavirus to 29,879 with 15 new deaths, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said. This brings total number of death in the country to 669.

NCDC made this known via twitter saying the new cases were recorded in 20 states.

“Till date, 29, 879 cases have been confirmed, 12, 108 cases have been discharged and 669 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” the NCDC stated;

states are 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.

 
However, the NCDC disclosed that the country has 17,012 active cases while 12,108 had been discharged after recovering.