Nigeria's COVID-19 daily deaths have dropped as no deaths have been reported in the past six days, but the number of infections has continued to increase.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 268 fresh cases have been recorded in 10 states.
Lagos reported 225 infections, 84 percent of the total cases logged on Wednesday. Rivers recorded 17 infections, while Enugu added 10 new cases to its COVID table.
Other states with new cases include Edo (5), Bauchi (3), Ogun (3), Oyo (2), Kaduna, Bayelsa and Delta reported one case each.
The nation's infectious diseases agency said the latest figure includes a backlog of cases and recoveries.
Twenty-five people were said to have been discharged after recovering from the infections.
No deaths were reported for the six consecutive days and the fatality figure stands at 2,980.
In all, Nigeria now has 215,164 confirmed cases and 207,520 recoveries.
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