The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country recorded 135 COVID-19 cases within 24 hours on Thursday.
The fresh infections were reported in 16 states, including the federal capital territory (FCT).
Lagos, the epicentre of the pandemic reported 41 infections, Imo with 20 and Ogun with 14.
Other states that reported fresh cases are FCT (10), Kebbi (11), Rivers (10), Akwa Ibom (8), Plateau (4), Ebonyi (3), Kaduna (3), Kano (3), Osun (3), Oyo (2), Ekiti (1), Gombe (1), and Nasarawa (1)
The NCDC noted that the infections in Kebbi state were recorded over the last two days.
The agency, however, said 426 recoveries were recorded on Thursday — this includes “162 community recoveries in Ebonyi state managed in line with guidelines”.
No new death was reported on Thursday.
The country now has a total of 161,409 confirmed COVID-19 infections across 36 states and the FCT, 146,890 recoveries, 2,027 deaths and 12,429 active cases.
