Nigeria has confirmed 566 new cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC, while confirming the cases on Thursday night via its official website, stated that 11 deaths were recorded.
According to the NCDC, the cases were confirmed from 12 states-Lagos (283), Akwa Ibom (88), Oyo (62), Rivers (62), FCT (18), Ogun (17), Ekiti (12), Kwara (11), Plateau (6), Zamfara (3), Kaduna (2), and Katsina (2).
These new figures bring the total confirmed cases to 176,577 with 165,323 discharged and 2178 deaths.
