Nigeria has recorded 153 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 59,001.
The figures were announced on Thursday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle.
Lagos State has 81 new cases, being the highest for the day.
The tweets read:
“153 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-81
Rivers-21
FCT-11
Ogun-8
Kaduna-7
Oyo-6
Akwa Ibom-5
Osun-3
Katsina-3
Edo-2
Ebonyi-2
Nasarawa-2
Plateau-1
Kano-1.
“59,001 confirmed
50,452 discharged
1,112 deaths.”