Nigeria on Monday recorded 155 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 55,160.

Four new deaths were also recorded.

The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle.

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).

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 889,498 people worldwide with 27,172,460 confirmed cases and 17,892,800 recoveries.