Nigeria, on Thursday, recorded 476 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 50,964 the number of confirmed cases in the country.
It also recorded seven COVID-19-related deaths within the last 24 hours, raising the tally from 985 to 992 in a single day.
Announcing this on Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 235 new cases; Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 44; Kaduna, 41; Borno 33; Plateau 28; Abia and Edo 13 each; Rivers, 12; Imo 11; Oyo 10; Kano nine; Kwara seven; Enugu and Katsina five each; Gombe and Ogun four each; while Nasarawa and Zamfara recorded one each.
It said: “Nigeria has so far recorded 50,964 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 37,569 patients have been discharged, while 992 persons have died.”