The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure.
It said Lagos State recorded 195, while Abuja followed with 50.
Currently, the country has a total of 15682 confirmed cases of the infection and 407 deaths.
The tweet reads, “501 new cases of #COVID19
Lagos-195
FCT-50
Kano-42
Kaduna-27
Edo-26
Oyo-22
Imo-21
Gombe-17
Benue-12
Enugu-12
Delta-11
Anambra-11
Ebonyi-10
Nasarawa-9
Ogun-9
Bauchi-8
Kebbi-4
Akwa Ibom-3
Jigawa-3
Katsina-3
Yobe-2
Borno-2
Kwara-1
Ondo-1
15682 confirmed
“5101 discharged. 407 deaths”
