For the third day running, Nigeria witnessed increase in COVID-19 cases.
This was based on figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its Twitter handle.
According to the lead agency in the battle against the virus in Nigeria, the country on Saturday recorded 653 new cases of COVID-19.
On Friday, the country recorded 600 cases, a slight increase from the 595 infections on Thursday.
As in the other two days, Lagos State, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria, had the most cases with 115 out of the 653 infections on Saturday.
Kwara State also witnessed a spike, with 85 cases, while Enugu State had 80 and the Federal Capital Territory recorded 78 infections.
Other states that recorded infections were Rivers (36), Ondo (35), Oyo (30), Katsina (28), Kaduna (19), Abia (19), Nasarawa (18), Plateau (17), Imo (16), Ogun (9), Ebonyi (9), Benue (9), Kano (9), Delta (8), Bauchi (7), Ekiti (6), Gombe (4), Bayelsa (4), Adamawa (4), Osun (4), Cross River (1), Yobe (1), Borno (1) and Zamfara (1).
Six deaths were recorded on Saturday, bring the number of those who have lost their lives to the virus in Nigeria to 778.
In all, the country has had 36,107, with 14,938 successfully treated and discharged.