The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday announced 56 new COVID-19 cases in the country.

NCDC gave the update on its official Twitter account.

This means Nigeria now has 66,439 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and 62,241 persons have recovered.

The health agency said the COVID-19 death toll in the country has risen from 1167 to 1168.

It noted that the 56 new infections were reported in nine states, including the FCT in the past 24 hours.

NCDC tweeted: ''On the 23rd of November 2020, 56 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria.

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''Till date, 66,439 cases have been confirmed, 62,241 cases have been discharged and 1,168 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 56 new cases are reported from 10 states- Kaduna (18), FCT (17), Lagos (6), Plateau (5), Kano (3), Kwara (2), Yobe (2), Ekiti (1), Niger (1), Rivers (1).

A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.

Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 22,968, followed by Abuja (6,515), Plateau (3,805), Oyo (3,703), Rivers (2,957), Kaduna (2,913), Edo (2,694), Ogun (2,153), Delta (1,823), Kano (1,773), Ondo (1,727), Enugu (1,332),  Kwara (1,093), Ebonyi (1,055), Katsina (1,007), Osun (945), Gombe (938). Abia (926), Bauchi (753), and Borno (745).

56 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Kaduna-18
FCT-17
Lagos-6
Plateau-5
Kano-3
Kwara-2
Yobe-2
Ekiti-1
Niger-1
Rivers-1

66,439 confirmed
62,241 discharged
1,168 deaths pic.twitter.com/5rsE11M9Zo

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) November 23, 2020

Imo State has recorded 662  cases, Benue (493), Nasarawa (485), Bayelsa (445),  Ekiti (354), Jigawa (328), Akwa Ibom (319), Niger (296), Anambra (285), Adamawa (261), Sokoto (165), Taraba (156), Yobe (94), Kebbi (93), Cross River (90), Zamfara (79), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.