The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 869 new cases of Covid-19.
With the new figures, the confirmed cases of the virus have risen to 149, 369 with 125,722 Discharged and 1,789 Deaths in the country.
The NCDC made the confirmation via its official Twitter page, @NCDCgov.
Below is the breakdown of the new cases as recorded by the NCDC;
869 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-229
Rivers-79
Taraba-73
Oyo-66
Ogun-60
FCT-58
Plateau-56
Kwara-38
Ondo-38
Osun-24
Kano-22
Nasarawa-21
Abia-19
Edo-19
Akwa Ibom-19
Cross River-10
Delta-9
Benue-8
Ekiti-6
Borno-6
Katsina-4
Bauchi-3
Bayelsa-1
Zamfara-1 pic.twitter.com/fHsxykxGv5— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 17, 2021