The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 443 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Friday.
The 443 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 45,687.
The NCDC also announced the discharge of 207 patients from isolation centers across the country with six new deaths reported.
Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria reported 70 new confirmed cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 15697.
But it was Plateau state that recorded the highest number of cases for the day with 103 news cases.
The Federal Capital Territory reported 60 new cases, Ondo recorded 35 new cases while Edo, Rivers and Kaduna recorded 27, 27 and 20 new cases respectively.
Other states are Osun-19, Borno-18, Oyo-18, Kwara-11, Adamawa-9, Nasarawa-7, Gombe-6, Bayelsa-4, Imo-4, Bauchi-2, Ogun-2 and Kano-1.
NCDC reports that there are 45,687 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 32,637 discharged and 936 deaths.
