Nigeria, on Saturday, recorded 59 new cases of coronavirus infections, a sharp decrease from the 180 and 223 cases reported on Thursday and Friday respectively.
The latest figure, one of the lowest in at least seven months, was recorded in just eight states, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 63,790, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Meanwhile, no deaths were recorded as a result of complications from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours meaning that the fatality stays at 1,154.
The new cases, according to the NCDC, were reported from 8 states: Kaduna (28), Rivers (9), Ogun (8), Ondo (8), Kano (2), Niger (2), Kwara (1), Plateau (1).
Lagos had the highest number of new cases on Saturday with 46 infections to extend its lead as the most impacted state in the country.
The commercial city is Nigeria’s coronavirus epicenter with over 21,000 infections, about a third of the country’s total.