Nigeria records 143 new cases of COVID-19, total now 54,008

Nigeria now has 54,008 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, with 143 new cases recorded on Monday night

According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC,  41,638  patients have now been discharged, with  1,013 patients dying from COVID-19.

The tweet revealed that  Plateau State had the highest number of infections on Monday with  35 cases, with   Kaduna State following with  21  cases.

Other states read as follows:

Lagos-19 FCT-13 Ebonyi-9 Adamawa-7 Enugu-7 Katsina-7 Edo-6 Kwara-5 Osun-3 Anambra-2 Kano-2 Niger-2 Ogun-2 Benue-1 Borno-1 Sokoto-1