The total coronavirus infections in Nigeria rose to 57,613 after 176 new cases were recorded in the nation in the last 24 hours.
This was contained in an update by the country’s infectious disease agency, NCDC, on Tuesday night.
About 10 per cent of the total cases in Nigeria are below the age of 19 years, according to the health minister, Osagie Ehanire, indicating that “even though adults, especially those 60 years and above are more vulnerable, complications do occur in all age groups”.
The 196 new cases were found in the following 14 states:
Lagos-73
Plateau-50
FCT-17
Rivers-8
Ondo-6
Niger-5
Ogun-5
Edo-3
Kaduna-3
Oyo-2
Bauchi-1
Bayelsa-1
Delta-1
Nasarawa-1
