The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced that Nigeria recorded 221 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle.
The 221 new cases announced on Wednesday was the lowest number of cases recorded in the country for sometime.
NCDC said that there were more persons who died of COVID-19 related complications in the country in the last 24 hours.
It said the national death toll is 1,010.
The agency further stated that the total number of recovered cases in the country now stand at 40,281.
It said the 221 new cases were reported in 20 states.
The states are Plateau 60, FCT, 33, Kaduna, 26, Rivers, 18, Lagos, 17, Enugu, 9 , Kwara, 9, Ondo, 9, Nasarawa, 6, Gombe, 5, Anambra, 5, Delta, 4, Abia, 4, Imo, 3, Edo, 2, Ogun, 2, Oyo, 2, Osun, 2, Bauchi, 1, and Kano, 1.