The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday.
The health agency said that in the last 24 hours 1,131 people tested positive in 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
It confirmed additional eight coronavirus-related deaths also in 24 hours, bringing the country’s COVID-19 related deaths to 1,702.
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The NCDC stated that the registered infections showed that Lagos State recorded the highest number with 297 new infections, taking the total number of cases in the nation’s commercial hub to 52,282.
It said the FCT came second with 194 new infections, upping the cumulative cases in the nation’s capital to 18,168.
Kaduna State had 83 new cases; Kano 59; Oyo 58; Taraba 53; Imo 52; Osun 47; Plateau 45 and Edo 43 cases.
Others were Akwa Ibom and Rivers 42 cases each; Ogun-29; Kwara-24; Benue-21; Nasarawa-16; Ekiti-7; Bauchi and Delta 6 each; Bayelsa-4; Sokoto-2 and Gombe-1.
