The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 131 new COVID-19 cases increasing the total infections in the country to 161,868.
The health agency in its update on Monday said the total death toll remained static at 2,030 as no COVID19 death was again recorded on Monday.
According to the NCDC, the new infections were registered from 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Lagos State recorded 64, Rivers 12, Kaduna 11, Plateau 9 and Jigawa -8, Bayelsa-6
Ondo-5, Ebonyi-4, FCT-4, Osun-4, Borno-1 and Kano-1.
NCDC said 226 people recovered on Monday and were discharged from various isolation centres across the country putting the total recoveries from the virus to 148,125 since the outbreak.
The NCDC also disclosed 11,713 active cases, 1,727, 467 sample tests since Feb. 27, 2020 when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed.
