Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory and 13 other states reported 559 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to figures released on Thursday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The health agency also reported five COVID-19 related deaths. 

The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Thursday.

According to the agency, the 559 new cases were recorded from Lagos, the FCT and 13 other states.

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Lagos recorded the highest number of new infections with 232 cases, Rivers – 83, Enugu – 66, Oyo – 28, Kaduna – 25, FCT – 24, Delta – 22, Akwa Ibom – 19, Kwara – 18, Ekiti – 13, Bayelsa – 9, Cross River – 9, Ogun – 6, Kano – 3 and Gombe – 2

The health agency said the 559 new COVID-19 infections have brought the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 197,046.

However, 185,393 COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been discharged in the country, the agency said.

With five COVID-19 related deaths reported, the death toll from the virus has risen to 2,578 NCDC said.

It added that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre, activated at Level 2, had continued to coordinate the national response activities.