Nigeria's COVID-19 cases rise by 170 to 2558 infections

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control - NCDC has announced a total of 170 new coronavirus cases in the early hours of Monday.

The announcement on the agency's official Twitter account means that there is now a total of 2,558 COVID-19 cases in almost all the states in the country.

The statement reads that "170 new cases of #COVID19" have been confirmed in at least 12 states.

A breakdown of the new cases revealed thus; "39-Lagos, 29-Kano, 24-Ogun, 18-Bauchi, 15-Kaduna, 12-FCT, 12-Sokoto, 8-Katsina, 7-Borno, 3-Nasarawa, 2-Adamawa, and 1-Oyo.

According to the NCDC, there are now "2558 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria, with at least 87 deaths and 400 recoveries.

The nationwide 6am-8pm curfew begins today as the five-weeks lockdown relaxation begins in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja, to curb the spread of the deadly virus.

See the breakdown of all cases by states below: