Nigeria has recorded 649 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 22,020 in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Wednesday.
Data obtained from the NCDC’s website showed that Nigeria currently has 13,867 active COVID-19 cases.
It also showed that over 120,108 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the country.
A further breakdown of the cases showed that Lagos, Oyo, and Plateau recorded the highest cases of COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
While 7,613 COVID-19 patients have been discharged in the country, 542 are dead.
Globally, the novel coronavirus has killed at least 478,818 people since emerging in China late last year, as at the time this report was filed