The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has registered one death and 86 new additional infections from across seven states on Sunday.
The NCDC disclosed this in its daily COVID-19 report on Monday morning while providing updates on the pandemic.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 86 additional cases reported on Sunday indicated a decrease from the 116 cases reported in the country the previous day.
The Nigerian public health institute stated that the fatality toll now stood at 2,906, while a total of 212,713 infections have been confirmed in across the country.
According to it, 204,379 COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been discharged in the country.
It said the 86 new cases were reported from seven states: Kaduna (41), Lagos (24), Osun (10), Bauchi (6), Ekiti (2), Ondo (2) and Edo (1).
The NCDC said the country currently had 5,428 active coronavirus cases, while a total of 3,340,313 blood samples have been tested since the pandemic began across the country.
It added that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre, activated at Level 2, has continued to coordinate the national response activities.