Nigeria on Friday announced that it has recorded 329 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said.
According to the centre, additional seven deaths take the country’s fatalities from the virus to 973.
It also stated that 35,998 persons have recovered from the disease, while the total number of confirmed cases in the country stood at 48,445.
In characteristic fashion, Lagos reported the highest number of new cases among the states on Friday with 113 fresh infections; Kaduna emerged second with 49 and the FCT recorded 33 new cases.
Other states with new cases include: Plateau-24, Kano-16, Edo-15, Ogun-14, Delta-13, Osun-10, Oyo-8, Ekiti-6, Bayelsa-6, Akwa Ibom-5, Borno-4, Enugu-4, Ebonyi-3, Rivers-2, Bauchi-1, Nasarawa-1, Gombe-1, and Niger-1.