The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday announced that Nigeria recorded 260 new COVID-19 cases.
The NCDC made the announcement in a tweet via its Twitter account.
The agency said the fresh infections were recorded in 18 states of the federation and Abuja.
According to the centre, the freshly discovered cases had increased the total number of persons infected by the virus in the country to 12,486.
However, 12 COVID-19 deaths were recorded on Sunday, increasing the pandemic death toll from 342 to 354 within 24 hours.
Meanwhile, 3,959 cases have been discharged throughout the country as at Sunday night.
The breakdown of the figure on a state by state basis disclosed the following: Abia (67), FCT (40), Lagos (38), Ogun (19), Gombe (16), Edo (14), Imo (9), Kwara (8), Katsina (8), Nasarawa (8), and Borno (8).
Others are – Kaduna (6), Bauchi (5), Ekiti (4), Niger (2), Ondo (2), Plateau (2), Kano (2) and Sokoto (2).
The NCDC stated: “12,486 cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria.
“Discharged: 3,959 AND Deaths: 354.”