The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the country has recorded 221 new cases of the novel coronavirus.

This was disclosed in a tweet on Friday night.

Of the new cases, 59 were recorded in Lagos, 46 in Abia, 22 in the FCT, 20 in Gombe, 17 in Plateau, and 11 in Rivers.

The others are; seven in Bauchi, six in Benue, Ekiti and Imo, four in Kaduna, Kwara, and Ondo, three each in Ogun and Osun and one each in Bayelsa, Edo and Kano.

The new cases bring the total infections in the country to 56,956, Channels TV said.

48,305 have recovered and been discharged while 1,094 have unfortunately died.

221 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-59
Abia-46
FCT-22
Gombe-20
Plateau-17
Rivers-11
Bauchi-7
Benue-6
Ekiti-6
Imo-6
Kaduna-4
Kwara-4
Ondo-4
Ogun-3
Osun-3
Bayelsa-1
Edo-1
Kano-1

56,956 confirmed
48,305 discharged
1,094 deaths pic.twitter.com/oVzyXar7ru

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 18, 2020