Nigeria has recorded fifteen new deaths and 1,303 new cases of COVID-19 within the last twenty-four hours.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 124,299 out of which 99,276 cases have been treated and discharged.
However, the total deaths recorded from the virus in the country has risen to 1,522.
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According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, the 1,303 new cases were reported from 26 states and the FCT.
Lagos recorded 478 cases, FCT (211), Nasarawa (83), Rivers (72), Kwara (42), Edo (36), Ondo (34), Benue (32), and Kaduna (32 cases among other cases.