The number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria rose to 5,621 on Saturday as 176 new ones were confirmed.
Lagos recorded the highest number of the day with 95 cases.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made the announcement on its Twitter handle.
The tweets read:
“176 new cases of #COVID19;
95-Lagos
31-Oyo
11-FCT
8-Niger
8-Borno
6-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Anambra
2-Edo
2-Rivers
2-Nasarawa
2-Bauchi
1-Benue
1-Zamfara
“5621 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1472
Deaths: 176.”
