The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in a latest statement, has reported another 75 additional lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in nine states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The NCDC made this public in a statement via its verified website on Saturday morning.
According to NCDC, the additional figures has seen the caseload in the country on Friday reach 252,912, and the death toll remained 3,134 since the outbreak of the pandemic.
The agency also added that the country recorded 228 recoveries within the same period.
The website stated that 228,632 Nigeria residents have been successfully treated and discharged nationwide.
The NCDC highlights the breakdown of the latest COVID-19 figure state-by-state as follows: Lagos-22, FCT-13, Rivers-8, Oyo-7, Yobe-7, Osun-6, Delta-3, Kaduna-3, Nasarawa-2 and Kano-1.