The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 464 new infections were confirmed in various parts of the country on Wednesday.
According to the health agency, the country also recorded 16 more fatalities on raising the death toll from the disease to 1,939.
In an early-morning tweet on Thursday, the NCDC said the 464 new cases were recorded in 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Lagos reported 131new cases followed by Kaduna which falls below the 100 mark with 69 new cases.
Other states were Akwa Ibom- 33,Imo- 31, Katsina – 30, Kano – 26, Ondo – 23, Yobe – 20, FCT – 18, Ogun – 13, Rivers – 12, Kebbi – 11, Ekiti – nine, Osun – six, Oyo – six, Borno – five, Gombe – five, Plateau – five, Edo – four. Abia – three, Delta – three, and Zamfara – one.
On the other hand, the nation’s discharged figure has continued to increase following the recovery of 1,280 more patients.
Data from the NCDC revealed that Nigeria has confirmed a total of 156,963 cases with 135,831 cases discharged across the 36 states and the FCT.
So far the country has tested 1,544,008 samples while 19,212 cases are active.
