The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 453 new cases of coronavirus disease bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 46,140.
NCDC made this known in a tweet via its official Twitter account on Saturday night.
According to the NCDC,12 people also lost their lives to the virus bringing the death toll to 942.
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The new cases were reported in 19 states and including the Federal Capital Territory which topped the list with 75 new cases.
Other states with new Infections are; Lagos-71, Benue-53, Delta-39, Borno-30, Enugu-25, Plateau-24, Osun-20, Abia-19, Oyo-17, Kaduna-16, Kano-13, Ebonyi-13, Ogun-9, Kwara-7, Ondo-6, Gombe-3, Ekiti-2, Akwa Ibom-1, Rivers-1.
The Agency said 33,044 have been successfully and treated and discharged.