Nigeria on Saturday reported 123 new cases of coronavirus infection, raising the number of confirmed cases in the country to 169,329.
In an update on its Facebook page, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said the new cases on Saturday were recorded in seven states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Lagos once again topped the infection chart with 70 cases out of the 123 reported.
Akwa Ibom recorded 18, Ogun recorded 10, while Oyo and Rivers reported eight infections each.
Also, the FCT and Ekiti State registered four infections each while Bayelsa reported one.
Meanwhile, no new death was recorded from the disease on Saturday as the fatality toll stands at 2,126, the update showed.
Nigeria has tested over 2.3 million samples for COVID-19 out of the country’s roughly 200 million population.
Almost four million Nigerians have received their first doses of the coronavirus vaccines.