The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday night confirmed eight new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
The centre said on Twitter that four of the cases were from Oyo State, two from Abuja, one from Kaduna State and one from Osun.
According to the centre, this brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 97, with three discharged and one death recorded.
According to the NCDC, Lagos currently has 59 cases, Abuja, 16; Ogun, three; Ekiti, one; Oyo, seven; Edo, two; Enugu, two; Bauchi, two; Benue, one; Kaduna, one; Osun, two, and Rivers, one.
The only case in Kaduna State is Governor Nasiru El-Rufai.
Meanwhile, NCDC has received four ambulances from the Aliko Dangote Foundation to support the (COVID-19) pandemic response activities in Lagos State.
The agency said it had also received support from Airtel Nigeria and MTN Nigeria to ensure mobile users were receiving verified information on the COVID-19 pandemic.
It described the development as an important strategy to reach more Nigerians, especially those with limited access to the internet.
