COVID-19: Nigeria records 176 new cases as total is now 5, 621

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.”