Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have exceeded 20,000 as the country recorded 436 new infections on Sunday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this in a tweet.

According to the NCDC, of the new cases, 169 were recorded in Lagos, 52 in Oyo and 31 in Plateau.

Other affected states are Imo with 29 cases, Kaduna with 28, Ogun with 23, the FCT and Enugu with 18 each, Bauchi with 17, Bayelsa with 14, Rivers with eight, Osun and Kano with six each, Edo and Benue with five each, Adamawa with three, Borno with two, and Abia and Ekiti states with one each.

The NCDC also noted that a total of 6,879 patients have recovered and discharged, while the death toll from the virus now stands at 518.

Nigeria has recorded its highest single-day COVID-19 infections with 745 new cases.

The NCDC in a tweet last night said the new infections were recorded in 20 states and the FCT increasing total cases in the country to 18, 480.

According to the NCDC, Lagos State had the highest number of infections for the day with 280 cases and followed by Oyo and Ebonyi states with 103 and 72 cases respectively.

Further breakdown on the new infections include:  FCT (60); Imo (46); Edo (34); Delta (33); Rivers (25); Kaduna (23); Ondo (16); Katsina (12); Kano (10); Bauchi (8); and Borno (7).

Others are  Kwara (5); Gombe (4); Sokoto (2); Enugu (2); Yobe (1) Osun (1); Nasarawa (1).

Of the number of recorded cases, 6, 307 people have been discharged, while 475 deaths recorded so far from the virus.