Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 152 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths.

With the latest update, Nigeria’s COVID-19 total case count increased to 64,336, keeping it fifth on the list of African countries hit hardest by the disease, behind Ethiopia, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa.

The total death toll is now 1,160 with the two new fatalities added to the tally.

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This was announced by the Nigeria Coronavirus Disease Control (NCDC) via its Twitter handle.

NCDC tweeted: ''On the 10th of November 2020, 152 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

''Till date, 64336 cases have been confirmed, 60333 cases have been discharged and 1160 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 152 new cases are reported from 9 states- Lagos (93), FCT (21), Oyo (15), Rivers (11), Bauchi (7), Kwara (2), Bayelsa (1), Edo (1), Plateau (1).

152 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-93
FCT-21
Oyo-15
Rivers-11
Bauchi-7
Kwara-2
Bayelsa-1
Edo-1
Plateau-1

64,336 confirmed
60,333 discharged
1,160 deaths pic.twitter.com/EfH4EwuNgt

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) November 10, 2020

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

Currently, Nigeria has tested about 687,952 of its 200 million population.