Nigeria, July 12 -- Nigeria's tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 31, 987 as 664 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday evening.

The death toll from the virus has hit 724, as 15 new deaths were reported. The fatality rate from the virus in Nigeria is about 2.2 per cent.

The NCDC in a tweet said the new cases were reported in 18 states including Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Edo, Ondo, Kaduna, Imo, Osun, Plateau, Oyo, Osun, Delta, Adamawa, Enugu, Nassarawa, Gombe, Abia, and Ekiti.

Al 36 states and the FCT have recorded at least a case of the disease.

Lagos State remains the epicentre for the disease with the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths in the country, while Z...