A total of 42,208 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
This followed the confirmation of 404 new cases on Wednesday by the disease control body.
According to the NCDC, the new cases were reported from 19 states and Abuja with Lagos having the highest number of 106 new infections.
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Meanwhile, the health agency also announced that five patients died from the infection on the day in review, bringing the total deaths resulting from the disease to 873.
It also announced that the number of those who have recovered from the disease has risen to 19004.
Other states that reported new cases are; FCT (54), Rivers (48), Plateau (40), Edo (29), Enugu (21), Oyo (20), Kano (18), Ondo (15), Ogun (10), Ebonyi (9), Ekiti (8), Kaduna (6), Cross River (5), Kwara (4), Anambra (3), Delta (3), Imo (2), Nasarawa (2), Borno (1).
