Nigeria has confirmed 497 new cases of the deadly coronavirus.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed the cases on Saturday night via its official website.
The 497 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos (211), Akwa Ibom (80), Kwara (73), Osun (29), Oyo (17), Rivers (17), Cross River (15), Edo(14), Anambra (9), Ogun (8), Ekiti (6), Bayelsa (4), FCT(4), Plateau (4), Bauchi (2), Nasarawa (2), Kaduna (1) and Jigawa (1).
These latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases to 173,908 with 164,994 discharged and 2149 deaths recorded so far.
The NCDC noted that “A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.”
