Nigeria recorded 31 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 165,809.

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

Lagos state recorded the highest number of new cases with 18. Rivers and the FCT recorded 11 and 2 respectively.

156,420 persons have been successfully treated and discharged since the start of the pandemic. Nigeria has recorded 2,067 deaths.