The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control kept testing for COVID19 above 1000, testing 1242 on Friday bringing total countrywide testing to 32,942.
On Saturday, the NCDC reported 176 new COVID19 confirmed cases nationwide with five deaths.
Lagos reported 95 new confirmed COVID19 infections.
No new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.
So far, 5621 cases have been confirmed, 1472 cases have been discharged and 176 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The 176 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos(95), Oyo(31), FCT(11), Niger(8),Borno(8), Jigawa(6), Kaduna(4), Anambra(3), Edo(2), Rivers(2), Nasarawa(2), Bauchi(2),Benue(1), Zamfara(1).
Lagos now has 2373 confirmed COVID19 cases, 541 of which have been discharged.
It has recorded 36 deaths.
