Nigeria has recorded 221 new coronavirus cases, increasing the total to 56,956.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made this known on Friday on its Twitter handle.
Lagos has the highest figure of 59 new cases followed by Abia with 46.
The tweets read:
“221 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-59
Abia-46
FCT-22
Gombe-20
Plateau-17
Rivers-11
Bauchi-7
Benue-6
Ekiti-6
Imo-6
Kaduna-4
Kwara-4
Ondo-4
Ogun-3
Osun-3
Bayelsa-1
Edo-1
Kano-1
“56,956 confirmed
48,305 discharged
1,094 deaths.”