Nigeria has recorded 49 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 165,901.
The figures were issued on Thursday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle.
Lagos has the highest figure of 21 for the day.
The tweets giving additional details read:
“49 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-21
Rivers-16
FCT-5
Kano-3
Akwa Ibom-2
Ebonyi-1
Ekiti-1.
“165,901 confirmed
156,459 discharged
2,067 death.”