Nigeria has recorded 276 new cases of coronavirus in fifteen states of the federation.

With the latest cases, the total infection in the country has risen to 8344.

In its breakdown of the latest results, the NCDC said Lagos reported 161 of the new cases, Rivers with 36, Edo with 27, Kaduna with 19, Nasarawa with 10, and Oyo with 6.

Other states with new cases include; 4 in Kano, 3 each in Delta and Ebonyi, 2 in Gombe and one each in Ogun, Ondo, Borno, Abia, and Bauchi.

The number of discharged cases rose from 2,311 on Monday to 2,385.

However, 16 more deaths were recorded, taking the nation’s toll to 249.