The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday.
The country has so far tested 1,302,410 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020.
The Nigerian public health agency also confirmed additional five coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,613 in the country.
It noted that the additional 1,138 new COVID-19 infections were from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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The NCDC stated that Lagos state, recorded the highest number of confirmed cases with 377, taking the total number of cases in the state to 50,318, FCT came second with 172 new infections taking the total number of cases in the FCT to 17,243.
Other states with new infections were, Plateau-86, Kano-84, Edo-60, Osun-47, Nasarawa-41, Imo-40, Rivers-36, Niger-32, Oyo-32, Borno-29, Kaduna-27, Delta-18, Kwara-17, Cross River-9, Ekiti-8, Bauchi-7, Ogun-7, Sokoto-6 and Bayelsa-3.
The health agency said that the number of recoveries currently stood at 108,657, with additional 1,106 people discharged across the country in the last 24 hours.
