Nigeria’s total coronavirus infections have risen to 19, 808, following 661 more positive cases reported on Saturday.
However, 6,718 have been discharged with 506 others dead.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, which disclosed this in a tweet on Saturday night, also announced that 19 more people died of complications related to the virus.
NCDC also reported new cases in 13 states across the country and the Federal Capital Territory.
Lagos maintained the top spot with 230 infections, followed by Rivers and Delta States which reported 127 and 83 more cases respectively.
Others are FCT – 60, Oyo – 51, Edo – 31, Bayelsa – 27, Kaduna – 25, Plateau – 13, Ondo – six, Nasarawa – three, Ekiti and Kano – two, and Borno – one.
Lagos now has a total of 8,407 cases, followed by Abuja and Kano which have 1,549 and 1,184 infections respectively.
Although Nigeria has eased lockdown, schools and churches remained closed in many states.
