Nigeria recorded 17 deaths from coronavirus on Friday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said.
A total of 973 people have now died from the virus in Nigeria as Friday’s fatality was the highest in recent days.
With 329 infections reported on Friday, the total number of infections in the country is now 48,445.
The new cases reported in the following 21 states:
Lagos-113
Kaduna-49
FCT-33
Plateau-24
Kano-16
Edo-15
Ogun-14
Delta-13
Osun-10
Oyo-8
Ekiti-6
Bayelsa-6
Akwa Ibom-5
Borno-4
Enugu-4
Ebonyi-3
Rivers-2
Bauchi-1
Nasarawa-1
Gombe-1
Niger-1
