Nigeria on Saturday recorded 1,598 more cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 108,943.
According to the daily update from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nigeria also recorded seven new deaths which bring the total deaths to 1,420.
A breakdown of the new cases shows that Lagos is still in lead, but witnessed a reduction from the Friday with 461 new cases, while FCT-206, Plateau-197, Rivers-168, Kaduna-116, Anambra-5, Ogun-49, Ebonyi-47, Edo-42 and Sokoto-32.
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Others are; Imo-31, Katsina-31, Oyo-30, Akwa Ibom-27, Delta-16 Kano-16, Abia-15 Niger-15, Ondo-11, Bayelsa-10, Borno-9 Kebbi-8, Ekiti-7 and Jigawa-1.
A total of 85,367 persons have been discharged.
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