Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in its COVID-19 update on Thursday said Nigeria recorded 65 additional cases of the virus and eight deaths related to it on Wednesday.
According to the agency, with the new fatalities, the death toll from the virus now stood at 2,914.
The centre added that the total infection from the pandemic currently stood at 212,894 while a total of 204,675 Nigerians had been discharged across the country.
In the agency’s reports, Plateau topped the infection chart with 22 cases, FCT followed with 21, North-central and Rivers, South-south reported 12 cases each.
Bauchi State 4, Lagos 2 cases, while Kaduna, Bayelsa, Edo, Jigawa had a single case each
Meanwhile, the states of Delta and Sokoto registered zero cases on Wednesday.