The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday confirmed 438 more coronavirus infections in the country, bringing the total number of cases to 39,977.
According to the health body, the new infections were reported from 23 states and the FCT.
Lagos reported the highest figure with 123 new infections while Kaduna and Rivers followed with 50 and 40 new infections respectively.
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Also, the health agency disclosed that 11 deaths arising from the disease were recorded across the country bringing the number of fatalities to 856.
On the positive side, the agency said 16,948 patients have so far recovered from the deadly disease upon receiving treatment.
Other states that recorded new infections, according to the NCDC are: Edo(37), Adamawa(25), Oyo(20), Nasarawa(16), Osun(15), Enugu(15), FCT(14), Ekiti(13), Ondo(13), Ebonyi(11), Katsina(10), Abia(9), Delta(8), Kwara(4), Ogun(3), Cross River(3), Kano(3), Bauchi(3), Yobe(2), Sokoto(1), Niger(1).
