Nigeria on Sunday recorded 490 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 24,567.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle.
According to NCDC, the 490 new cases came from 20 states.
The centre also reported seven deaths.
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The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.
The centre said Lagos recorded 118 cases while Delta has 84 cases and Ebonyi recorded 68 new cases.
Others are FCT-56 Plateau-39 Edo-29 Katsina-21 Imo-13 Ondo-12 Adamawa-11 Osun-8 Ogun-8 Rivers-6 Kano-5 Enugu-3 Bauchi-3 Akwa Ibom-3 Kogi-1 Oyo-1 Bayelsa-1
The NCDC said that 130, 154 samples have been collected from 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.