Nigeria has recorded 187 fresh cases of the coronavirus, bringing the nation's total infections to 58,647.

This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in its twitter handle on Tuesday night, September 29.

NCDC tweeted: "On the 29th of September 2020, 187 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria.

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"Till date, 58647 cases have been confirmed, 49937 cases have been discharged and 1111 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 187 new cases are reported from 13 states- Lagos (74), Plateau (25), Rivers (25), Gombe (19), FCT (19), Osun (10), Kaduna (5), Borno (3), Ogun (2), Katsina (2), Nasarawa (1), Bayelsa (1), Edo (1).

187 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-74
Plateau-25
Rivers-25
Gombe-19
FCT-19
Osun-10
Kaduna-5
Borno-3
Ogun-2
Katsina-2
Nasarawa-1
Bayelsa-1
Edo-1

58,647 confirmed
49,937 discharged
1,111 deaths pic.twitter.com/QikQqhary1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 29, 2020

However, there was no fresh case of death within the past 24 hours as those that have succumbed to the virus is still 1,111.

It was learnt that the Federal government has called for more surveillance in the country to prevent a surge of the virus.