Nigeria has recorded 667 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 19,147.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Friday via Twitter.
NCDC said that the 667 new confirmed cases were from 23 states, with six deaths as of June 19.
The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.
The NCDC said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 281 new cases and Abia was second with 48 new infections.
Others were: Oyo (45), FCT, (38), Ogun (37), Enugu (31), Ondo (23), Plateau (21), Edo (19), Delta (18), Rivers (18), Bayelsa (17), Akwa Ibom (17), Kaduna(14), Kano (12), Bauchi (9) Gombe (4), Osun (3), Benue (3), Nasarawa (3), Kwara (3), Ekiti (2), Borno (1).
The NCDC said that till date 19,147 cases have been confirmed, 12, 079 active cases, 6581 cases treated and discharged, 108,548 samples collected and 487 deaths recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The health agency said over the next few weeks, it would expand its COVID-19 testing capacity using the Gene-Xpert machines, as part of the National Laboratory Testing Strategy.
