Lagos once again topped the infection chart with 70 cases out of the 123 reported
Also, the FCT and Ekiti State registered four infections each while Bayelsa reported one.
Meanwhile, no new death was recorded from the disease on Saturday as the fatality toll stands at 2,126, the update showed. The NCDC data also noted that a total of 164,672 recoveries have so far been made across the country while more than 2,000 cases are said to be active. Nigeria has tested over 2.3 million samples for COVID-19 out of the country’s roughly 200 million population.
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