The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has registered 284 additional COVID-19 infections with nine related deaths across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Tuesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fresh cases indicate an increase from the 78 cases reported on Sunday in the country.
According to NCDC, the new infections raised the total number of infections in the country to 207,978.
It stated that the FCT lead with 67 cases, followed by Kaduna State in the North-west and Rivers State in the South-south with 33 and 31 cases respectively.
The NCDC added that two states: Bauchi and Kano recorded no cases on Monday.
The agency also added that Edo State reported a backlog of 101 case recoveries which include community discharge.
The public health agency said that new registered infections raised the total number of the death toll in the country to 2,756.
It stated that 195,626 cases have been cleared and discharged, while 9,597 were still down with the illness.
