Nigeria records 437 new cases of COVID-19, total figure now 46,577

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 437 fresh COVID-19 cases.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh cases were recorded in 16 states of the federation and Abuja.

It added that three persons died from complications resulting from the virus on Sunday raising the number of fatalities from 942 to 945.

Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 46,577.

Meanwhile, 33,186 patients have been discharged from various isolation facilities across the country as at Sunday night.

The breakdown of the figure according state: