Nigeria Records 159 New COVID-19 Cases

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Nigeria has recorded an additional 159 cases of COVID-19.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in its daily updates on Thursday night.

According to the agency, Lagos still maintains the highest figures with 119 new cases.

Other affected states are Akwa Ibom (19), Rivers (11), Ogun (5), Ekiti (2), FCT (1), Delta (1), Kwara (1).

This now brings the total of confirmed cases in the country to 169,074. While 164,652 have recovered from the virus, 2,126 have died.