As the battle against COVID-19 continues, Nigeria has recorded 241 fresh infections of the deadly disease in eight states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
The COVID-19 result was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily update for Monday, January 24, 2022.
According to the agency, the following is a breakdown of the cases and they are; Taraba-98, Rivers-66, Lagos-35, FCT-20, Delta-13, Kwara-3, Abia-2, Nasarawa-2 and Plateau-2.
The agency said 596 people were discharged, while two persons died of COVID complications.
The NCDC said the 98 cases in Taraba include 74 backlogs from January 1 to 23.
With the new cases, Nigeria now has 252,428 confirmed cases, 227,004 recoveries and 3,126 deaths.