The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced the confirmation of 417 new COVID-19 cases.
Infections in the country rose from 49068 to 49485 with the new cases while 2 deaths were recorded.
NCDC also revealed that not less than 36834 people have recovered from the virus.
Unfortunately, the country has recorded a total of 977 deaths in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The 417 new cases are from 17 states- Lagos(207), Kaduna(44), Ondo(38), Abia(28), Anambra(21), Plateau(20).
Others are Bauchi(13), Oyo(9), Ebonyi(9), Delta(7), Edo(7), Enugu(6), Niger(3), Gombe(2), Ogun(1), FCT(1) and Kano(1).
See tweet update from NCDC: