The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 41 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,702.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday.
It stated that the 41 new infections were from six states of the federation and the FCT, with no new coronavirus-related deaths in the past  24 hours.
NCDC records 156 COVID-19 cases, total now 164,912
The NCDC said that 16 of the new infections were in Lagos, 14  in Yobe, three new cases each in Rivers and the  FCT, two cases each in Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa, while one case was in Edo.
It added that the number of COVID-19-linked deaths stood at 2,066 and confirmed infections stood at 165,702 since the beginning of the disease in the country.
The public health agency said 13 people have recovered after testing negative for the virus in the last 24 hours across isolation centres in the country.
The NCDC said that 7,196Â cases were still active in the country.
The health agency stated that the country had tested 1,977,479 people since the outbreak of the pandemic in February 2020.
It added that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.
NCDC registers 49 new infections earlier on
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has tested 1,977,479 people since the beginning of the pandemic on Feb. 27, 2020.
The public health agency noted that the 49 additional cases were reported from three states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
It said that FCT topped the list with 27 new cases, followed by Lagos, Enugu and Oyo with 11, 8 and 3 cases respectively.
The agency further stated that no COVID-19 patient died within the last 24 hours, while the number of people who recuperated from the virus increased by 21.
It also stated that the discharges included five community recoveries in the FCT managed in line with its guidelines.
The agency said that with the new recoveries on Monday, 156,318 cases had been discharged and 2,065 deaths recorded in the 36 states and FCT.
It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continued to coordinate the national response activities.
Meanwhile, Nigeria has said the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines would soon be administered on eligible men and women who had received their first shots.
