The Nigerian Center for Disease Control has announced 138 new cases of the novel coronavirus.
This brings the total number of infections to 53,865 in the country.
There are now 41,513 discharged patients and 1,013 deaths.
The daily figure recorded on Friday and Sunday – 160 and 138 respectively – were the lowest tally since early May and late April.
The country has also improved a bit in its testing regime. More than 400, 000 of Nigeria’s 200 million people have been tested thus far.
The new cases, according to the NCDC, were found in the following 14 states: Plateau (55), Lagos (15), Ebonyi (11), Oyo (11), Abia (8), Anambra (7), FCT (7), Rivers (7), Kaduna (6), Ondo (5), Kwara (3), Bauchi (1), Benue (1), Edo (1).
