The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 339 new cases of COVID -19 in the country bringing the number of infections to 7016.

This was contained in a series of tweets Thursday night.

According to the Centre, Nigeria also recorded 11 new fatalities bring the total number of deaths to 211.

It noted that the 339 new cases were recorded in 17 States and the FCT:

139-Lagos
28-Kano
28-Oyo
25-Edo
22-Katsina
18-Kaduna
14-Jigawa
13-Yobe
13-Plateau
11-FCT
8-Gombe
5-Ogun
4-Bauchi
4-Nasarawa
3-Delta
2-Ondo
1-Rivers
1-Adamawa

7016 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria

Discharged: 1907
Deaths: 211