The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 501 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.

NCDC disclosed this in a tweet on Sunday night, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 16,085

403 new cases of #COVID19

Gombe-73
Lagos-68
Kano-46
Edo-36
FCT-35
Nasarawa-31
Kaduna-17
Oyo-16
Abia-15
Delta-13
Borno-13
Plateau-8
Niger-7
Rivers-7
Enugu-6
Ogun-6
Kebbi-3
Ondo-1
Anambra-1
Imo-1

16,085 confirmed
5,220 discharged
420 deaths