Nigeria's coronavirus figures surpass 21000

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that the record for the covid-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 21,371.

452 new cases were recorded on Tuesday night. The centre made this known via its Twitter handle.

The new cases per states are listed below: Lagos – 209, Oyo – 67, Delta – 37, Ogun – 36, FCT – 22, Abia – 20, Enugu – 16, Bauchi – 15, Kaduna – 8, Ondo – 8, Osun – 7, Imo – 3, Benue – 3, Borno -1

In total, there are now 21,371 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 7,338 patients discharged and 533 deaths.