The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) has confirmed 165 new cases of coronavirus in the country.

According to it s latest daily update, the NCDC, said the positive samples were recorded in nine states and the federal capital territory (FCT).

The states that have the new cases comprise Lagos (77), FCT (43), Rivers (22), Oyo (10), Osun (6), Bayelsa (2), Edo (2), Kaduna (1), Kano (1) and Ogun (1).

However, 26 persons were confirmed to have died of COVID complications 

NCDC said that the update includes a backlog of infections, recoveries, and deaths reported from Lagos and FCT.

NCDC has recorded 210,460 infections, 202,379 recoveries, and 2,882 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.