Nigeria has recorded 590 new coronavirus infection across 17 states and the federal capital territory (FCT), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said.
The NCDC gave the update on its website on Friday.
The states that recorded positives cases are Lagos, 308; Akwa Ibom, 54; Katsina, 40; Oyo, 39; Rivers, 26); Niger, 23; Gombe, 19; Ogun, 16; and Ekiti, 15.
Others are FCT, 10; Nasarawa, 10; Delta, 9; Bayelsa, 5; Plateau, 5; Imo, 4; Ebonyi, 3; Jigawa, 3; and Kano, 1.
The agency said the report for Friday includes 12 cases reported for Niger state for July 28 and 11 cases for July 29.
It added that the report also contains cases reported for Delta state for July 10, 1; July 11, 1; July 13, 3; and July 29, 4.
It said 48 persons were discharged after recovering from the infection, adding that
eight persons died from the infection on Friday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,149.
Nigeria cirrently has 173,411 confirmed cases and 164,978 recoveries.
