Nigeria has recorded 453 new cases of coronavirus, thus increasing the total number to 46,140.
The Federal Capital Territory has 75 cases, being the highest figure for Saturday.
It is followed by Lagos State with 71 cases.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, released the figure on Saturday on its Twitter handle.
The tweets read:
“453 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-75
Lagos-71
Benue-53
Delta-39
Borno-30
Enugu-25
Plateau-24
Osun-20
Abia-19
Oyo-17
Kaduna-16
Kano-13
Ebonyi-13
Ogun-9
Kwara-7
Ondo-6
Gombe-3
Ekiti-2
Akwa Ibom-1
Rivers-1
“46,140 confirmed
33,044 discharged
942 deaths.”