The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 543 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of cases to 38,344.
The NCDC made this known via its verified Twitter handle on Wednesday night.
According to the NCDC, 543 more COVID-19 cases and eight fatalities were recorded in the country on Wednesday.
The new figure of infections shows a slight decrease from the 576 cases reported on Tuesday.
Nigeria has averaged over 500 cases per day in almost two weeks
The death toll in the country rose to 813 while a total of 15,815 patients have recovered from the virus.
There are 21,716 active case in Nigeria.
The NCDC said the new cases were reported in 15 states including “Lagos-180 FCT-86 Kaduna-56 Edo-47 Ondo-37 Kwara-35 Ogun-19 Rivers-19 Kano-17 Ebonyi-16 Enugu-16 Delta-7 Bayelsa-4 Bauchi-3 Abia-1.”
About 247,825 people have been tested for the virus in a country of over 200 million people.
The total breakdown of the 38,344 cases is presented below:
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
| Lagos | 13,806 | 11,636 | 1,993 | 177 |
| FCT | 3,297 | 2,280 | 977 | 40 |
| Oyo | 2,219 | 1,079 | 1,120 | 20 |
| Edo | 2,064 | 667 | 1,325 | 72 |
| Rivers | 1,565 | 465 | 1,051 | 49 |
| Kano | 1,447 | 242 | 1,152 | 53 |
| Delta | 1,444 | 771 | 634 | 39 |
| Kaduna | 1,267 | 316 | 939 | 12 |
| Ogun | 1,203 | 263 | 917 | 23 |
| Ondo | 1,001 | 836 | 143 | 22 |
| Plateau | 762 | 395 | 349 | 18 |
| Enugu | 721 | 333 | 371 | 17 |
| Ebonyi | 715 | 119 | 576 | 20 |
| Katsina | 713 | 249 | 441 | 23 |
| Kwara | 707 | 505 | 188 | 14 |
| Borno | 603 | 47 | 521 | 35 |
| Gombe | 558 | 20 | 515 | 23 |
| Bauchi | 534 | 15 | 506 | 13 |
| Abia | 527 | 132 | 391 | 4 |
| Imo | 454 | 358 | 87 | 9 |
| Osun | 359 | 194 | 155 | 10 |
| Bayelsa | 326 | 100 | 205 | 21 |
| Jigawa | 322 | 3 | 308 | 11 |
| Benue | 294 | 235 | 53 | 6 |
| Nasarawa | 289 | 168 | 113 | 8 |
| Akwa Ibom | 176 | 52 | 121 | 3 |
| Niger | 166 | 45 | 112 | 9 |
| Sokoto | 153 | 0 | 137 | 16 |
| Anambra | 132 | 52 | 68 | 12 |
| Adamawa | 115 | 21 | 85 | 9 |
| Kebbi | 90 | 9 | 74 | 7 |
| Ekiti | 86 | 37 | 47 | 2 |
| Zamfara | 77 | 1 | 71 | 5 |
| Yobe | 64 | 3 | 53 | 8 |
| Taraba | 54 | 43 | 11 | 0 |
| Cross River | 29 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| Kogi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
