Nigeria has recorded 1,244 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 new deaths within the last twenty four hours.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, this brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 101,331

Till date, 80,491 cases have been discharged and 1,361 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the FCT.

The 1,244 new cases were reported from 18 states with Lagos topping the list with 774 followed by FCT with 125, Plateau with 102, Anambra (47) Ondo (46), Rivers (27), Edo (18), Kaduna, Ogun, Gombe with 16 cases each.

Others are Kano and Nasarawa with 10, Akwa Ibom and Sokoto (7), Borno (5), Ekiti (4) and Zamfara (2)