Nigeria has surpassed 200,000 cases from the coronavirus pandemic 18 months after the first positive case was detected in an Italian traveller on February 27, 2020, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease (NCDC).

The NCDC said that Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases had jumped to 200,057.

Since the pandemic received global attention in early March, COVID-19 had wreaked havoc across the world, sickening millions and leaving countless patients hospitalized with life-threatening complications.

The Public Health agency registered 519 additional COVID-19 infections on Tuesday from 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

It stated that the 519 additional new cases in the country represented an increase from the 387 cases reported on Monday.