Five hundred and one, 501, COVID-19 cases were on Saturday recorded in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure.
It said Lagos State recorded 195, while Abuja followed with 50.
Currently, the country has a total of 15682 confirmed cases of the infection and 407 deaths.
The tweet reads, “501 new cases of #COVID19
Lagos-195
FCT-50
Kano-42
Kaduna-27
Edo-26
Oyo-22
Imo-21
Gombe-17
Benue-12
Enugu-12
Delta-11
Anambra-11
Ebonyi-10
Nasarawa-9
Ogun-9
Bauchi-8
Kebbi-4
Akwa Ibom-3
Jigawa-3
Katsina-3
Yobe-2
Borno-2
Kwara-1
Ondo-1
15682 confirmed
“5101 discharged. 407 deaths”