The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has surpassed the 50,000 as 590 new cases were recorded on Wednesday.

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

Plateauhad the highest number of daily infections with 186 recorded cases, followed by Lagos and the FCT with 172 and 62 cases respectively.

Others are Oyo – 27, Delta – 25, Rivers – 20, Ondo – 19, Edo – 18, Kaduna – 17, Enugu – 12, Akwa Ibom – 10, Ogun – seven, Abia – six, Gombe – six, Kano – three, and Osun – three.