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438 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria, pushing the total to 39,977 in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Saturday via its verified Twitter handle.
The NCDC noted that Lagos, the epicentre, confirmed 123 new COVID-19 cases, followed by Kaduna with 50. Others are Rivers-40, Edo-37, Adamawa-25, Oyo-20, Nasarawa-16, Osun-15, Enugu-15, FCT-14, Ekiti-13, Ondo-13, Ebonyi-11, Katsina-10, Abia-9, Delta-8, Kwara-4, Ogun-3, Cross River-3, Kano-3, Bauchi-3, Yobe-2, Sokoto-1 and Niger-1.
Total discharged and fatalities tolls rose to 16,948 and 856 respectively.
An update of cases by the NCDC reads below: