BREAKING: Nigeria records 148 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2950.

Confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 2,950 in Nigeria, NEW DIRECT reports.

This is after 148 new infections were recorded in the country on Tuesday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle.

Of the new cases, 43 are in Lagos, 32 are in Kano, while 14 are in Zamfara.

148 new cases of #COVID19:

43-Lagos
32-Kano
14-Zamfara
10-FCT
9-Katsina
7-Taraba
6-Borno
6-Ogun
5-Oyo
3-Edo
3-Kaduna
3-Bauchi
2-Adamawa
2-Gombe
1-Plateau
1-Sokoto
1-Kebbi

2950 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 481
Deaths: 98