Nigeria has recorded 829 new cases of coronavirus, increasing the total to 83,576.
The figures were released on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle.
Lagos is top on the list with 296 cases while the Federal Capital Territory has 291 new cases to come second.
The tweets read:
“829 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-296
FCT-291
Kaduna-79
Rivers-40
Kano-35
Nasarawa-25
Bauchi-19
Benue-8
Borno-7
Edo-7
Oyo-7
Sokoto-7
Cross River-3
Jigawa-
Ogun-2.
“83,576 confirmed
70,495 discharged
1,247 deaths.”