Nigeria has recorded 176 new cases of coronavirus, increasing the total figure to 55,632.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made this known on Wednesday on its Twitter handle.
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has the highest figure of 40 while Lagos is second on the list with 34 new cases.
The tweets by NCDC read:
“176 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-40
Lagos-34
Plateau-26
Enugu-14
Delta-12
Ogun-12
Ondo-9
Oyo-8
Ekiti-6
Ebonyi-4
Adamawa-2
Nasarawa-2
Kwara-2
Rivers-2
Edo-1
Osun-1
Bauchi-1
“55,632 confirmed
43,610 discharged
1,070 deaths.”