The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,005 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 144,521.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday.

Nigeria also recorded 24 COVID-19 deaths, raising the total fatality in the country to 1,710.

“1005 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-204 Kwara-155 Oyo-124 Plateau-80 FCT-75 Edo-56 Osun-48 Ondo-41 Kaduna-40 Rivers-40 Taraba-35 Borno-32 Ekiti-21 Ogun-20 Kano-14 Bayelsa-8 Delta-7 Bauchi-3 Jigawa-2.”