Nigeria on Saturday recorded 176 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of infected people pushed past 5,500.
Five people also died from the virus on Saturday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
Till date, 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)
Over 32,942 samples have been tested by the NCDC.