Nigeria on Friday recorded 324 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) announced this via its verified website.
The new infections take the total number of cases in the country to 68,627.
The public health agency disclosed that fourteen states plus the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) reported new infections.
Lagos recorded the highest number of cases with 115 followed by FCT, Kaduna, Taraba and Akwa-Ibom with 110, 57,9,and , 8, respectively.
The tweet reads: 324 new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria;
Lagos-115, FCT-110, Kaduna-57
Taraba-9, Akwa Ibom-8, Plateau-6, Bauchi-4, Ekiti-4
Kano-4, Katsina-4, Rivers-3
Also, 64,467 have so far been discharged with 1,179 deaths recorded.