Nigeria on Thursday recorded 148 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 60,982.
This is according to an update posted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle.
The death toll remains 1,116 as no death was recorded in the last 24 hours.
The 148 new cases were reported from 14 states: Lagos (66), FCT (25), Oyo (13), Plateau (11), Kaduna (7), Rivers (6), Ebonyi (5), Ekiti (4), Ogun (4), Imo (2), Ondo (2), Edo (1), Nasarawa (1), Taraba (1).
There are still about 7,500 active cases in Nigeria and about 52,194 infected persons have recovered and have been discharged across the country.
On the 15th of October, 148 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria were recorded;
Lagos-66
FCT-25
Oyo-13
Plateau-11
Kaduna-7
Rivers-6
Ebonyi-5
Ekiti-4
Ogun-4
Imo-2
Ondo-2
Edo-1
Nasarawa-1
Taraba-160,982 confirmed
52,194 discharged
1,116 deaths pic.twitter.com/laBw6TVgNR— NCDC (@NCDCgov) October 16, 2020
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