Nigeria on Monday recorded 155 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Four more deaths were also recorded, the health agency added.
The new figures bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 55,160; at least 43,231 cases have been discharged and 1,061 deaths recorded.
The new cases on Monday were reported from 16 states: Lagos (42), Plateau (25), Rivers (16), Ebonyi (10), FCT(9), Abia (9), Ogun (9), Osun (7), Katsina (6), Kaduna (6), Ekiti (4), Taraba (4), Edo (3), Anambra (2), Akwa Ibom (2), Kano (1)
