The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday reported 1,598Â new cases of COVID-19 with seven deaths.
The NCDC, on its official Twitter handle, said the total infections in the country is now 108,943 with 22,156 active cases and 1,420 fatalities.
Newsjaunts reports that the country has so far tested 1,147, 523 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 on Feb. 27, 2020.
The Nigeria’s public health institute said that the new infections were reported from 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
It stated that Lagos state topped the list with 461 infections, FCT 206, Plateau 197, Rivers 167, Kaduna state-116, Anambra-53, Ogun-49, Ebonyi-47, Edo-42, Sokoto state-32 and Imo-31 cases.