Fourteen new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the country by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

This brings the total number of COVID-19 infections recorded in the country so far to 288.

The NCDC confirmed the latest figure which rose from 276 in a tweet last night.

13 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos while the other one is in Delta state.

Further breakdown of cases by states shows Lagos- 158, FCT- 54, Osun- 20, Edo- 12, Oyo- 11, Bauchi- 6, Akwa Ibom- 5, Ogun- 4, Kaduna- 5, Enugu- 2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers, Kwara, Dealta with 2 cases each while Benue, Ondo and  Katsina with 1 case each.

According to the NCDC, fifty-one patients have been discharged with seven deaths so far recoded from COVID-19 pandemic in the country.