The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 117 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest so far recorded daily in the country.

In a tweet, the NCDC said out of the news cases, 59 were recorded in Lagos, FCT 29, Kano 14, Borno 6; Katisna 4; Ogun, 3; Rivers 1 and Bauchi state 1.

The country’s total infections now stand at 782.

While deaths have risen to 25, at least 197 patients have recovered from the disease.

Further breakdown shows Lagos with 430, FCT-118, Kano-73, Osun-20, Ogun-20, Oyo-16, Katsina-16, Edo-15, Kwara-9, Kaduna-9, Akwa Ibom-9, Borno-9, Bauchi-8, Gombe-5, Delta-4, Ekiti-4, Ondo-3, Rivers-3, Jigawa-2, Enugu-2, Niger-2, Abia-2, Benue-1, Anambra-1 and Sokoto-1.

But 12 states including; Adamawa, Bayelsa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Imo and Kebbi were yet to record any case of the infection.