Nigeria recorded eight new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said.
The NCDC said the new cases were reported in Rivers, 4; FCT, three; and Kwara, 1.
The centre noted that no COVID-19 related fatality was recorded.
It added that 45 people were discharged after testing negative to the COVID-19 virus.
The NCDC said the nation’s total recoveries increased to 163,528 as of June 16.
The agency that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre, activated at Level II, continues to coordinate the national response activities.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 2,231,409 people have been tested since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on February 27.