Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 155 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 59,738.

The 155 new cases were reported from eight states – Lagos (84), Rivers (31), Kaduna (12), Osun (10), FCT (7), Oyo (6), Ogun (3), Kwara (2).

The latest numbers were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC via its official twitter handle:

 

Of the nearly 60,000 total COVID-19 infections so far, about 51,403 persons have been discharged from hospitals after treatment while a over 7, 000 active cases remain in the country.

Nigeria has so far tested over 540,000 people for COVID-19