Nigeria has recorded six COVID-19-related deaths with 226 fresh cases confirmed across 14 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

This was made known today by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) 

This, the NCDC said, brings the total number of infections to 20,8630.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the 226 fresh cases reported Thursday showed a decline from the 251 cases reported on Wednesday in the country.

The NCDC said the FCT reported 73 cases, while Plateau reported 34.

Others comprise Lagos (25), Gombe (22), Abia (16), Osun (13), Kano (7), Rivers (7), Ekiti (6), Kaduna (6), Oyo (6), Delta (5), Edo (3) Jigawa (2), and Nasarawa (1).

"Today's report includes: four states with zero cases reported: Bauchi, Ogun, ondo, and Sokoto," it stated.

The NCDC said that more than 3,142,971 samples of the virus from the nation's roughly 200 million population have been tested.