The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night, announced 593 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
The new cases were reported from 16 states: Plateau (186), Lagos (172), FCT (62), Oyo (27), Delta (25), Rivers (20), Ondo (19), Edo (18), Kaduna (17), Enugu (12), Akwa Ibom (10), Ogun (7), Abia (6), Gombe (6), Kano (3) and Osun (3)
This brings the total case in the country to 50,488.
Out of this number, 37,304 patients have been discharged and 985 deaths have been recorded.
Lagos still has the highest number with 17,092, while Kogi has reported only five.