Nigeria’s coronavirus cases increased by 553 on Saturday, bringing the total to 9,855.
Lagos State maintains its lead with 378 cases.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made the announcement on its Twitter handle.
The details as contained in the tweets read:
“553 new cases of #COVID19;
Lagos-378
FCT-52
Delta-23
Edo-22
Rivers-14
Ogun-13
Kaduna-12
Kano-9
Borno-7
Katsina-6
Jigawa-5
Oyo-5
Yobe-3
Plateau-3
Osun-1
“9855 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 2856
Deaths: 273.”