Nigeria on Wednesday recorded one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one (1,861) COVID-19 cases in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the figure in a tweet on Wednesday night.
Lagos, FCT, Oyo, Rivers and Plateau top the list with 773, 285, 138, 111, 92 cases respectively.
Others were, Nasarawa (83), Kaduna (59), Enugu (57), Imo (57).
Edo (43), Kano (27), Kwara (20), Ebonyi (19), Abia (17), Ogun (12), Osun (12), Katsina (8), Bayelsa (6), Bauchi (5), Delta (5), Borno (4), Jigawa (4), and Zamfara (1).
While 1,089 patients were discharged, 22 new fatalities were recorded.
The NCDC noted that the discharges include 697 community recoveries in Lagos State, 128 in Rivers State, 116 in Plateau State, managed in line with guidelines.
Nigeria has now recorded 126,160 coronavirus cases and 1,544 deaths officially.
