The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday confirmed 653 new cases of Coronavirus infections in the country bringing the total number of cases to 36, 107.
The health agency in an update on its website also said six patients died from the infection on the same day.
The fatalities recorded on Saturday pushed the total number of deaths related to the disease to 778.
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According to the disease control body, a total number of 14,938 COVID-19 patients have been successfully managed and discharged across the country so far.
The NCDC further disclosed that the new cases were reported from 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory with Lagos recording the highest number with 115 cases.
It gave the details as follows: Lagos(115), Kwara(85), Enugu(80), FCT(78), Rivers(36), Ondo(35), Oyo(30), Katsina(28), Kaduna(19), Abia(19), Nasarawa(18), Plateau(17), Imo(16), Ogun(9), Ebonyi(9), Benue(9), Kano(9), Delta(8), Bauchi(7), Ekiti(6), Gombe(4), Bayelsa(4), Adamawa(4), Osun(4), Cross River(1), Yobe(1), Borno(1), Zamfara(1).
