Nigeria has recorded 176 new COVID-19 cases in some states of the federation including the FCT, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The centre announced this in a tweet on Saturday night.

It said the country has recorded a total coronavirus infection of 5621.

The health agency said 13 states, including the FCT, were affected with the fresh cases.

176 new cases of #COVID19;

95-Lagos
31-Oyo
11-FCT
8-Niger
8-Borno
6-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Anambra
2-Edo
2-Rivers
2-Nasarawa
2-Bauchi
1-Benue
1-Zamfara

5621 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1472
Deaths: 176 pic.twitter.com/VBFAS6YQYJ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 16, 2020

Solacebase reports that 1472 patients have been discharged while 176 deaths recorded.