The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 422 new cases of coronavirus in eight states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
The public health agency confirmed this in on its website on Monday.
The data provided by the agency showed that Lagos state recorded the highest number of cases with 190 new infections, followed by Rivers with 86 and Ogun with 85.
Other states that recorded fresh cases are Oyo, 22; FCT, 20; Kwara, 7; Edo, 5; Abia, 4; and Bayelsa, 3.
The NCDC said five persons died of the infection on Monday bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,192.
It said ,219 people were discharged on Monday after recovering from the infection.
Nigeria has so far recorded 178,508 cases of COVID-19 with 165,982 recoveries, to date.
