The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 221 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection as the country steadily reports high figures of recovered cases.

The recoveries number crossed the 40,000 mark after 317 more people were successfully treated and discharged from various isolation centres in the country.

The health agency announced the figure in a late-night tweet on Wednesday while giving an update on the pandemic.

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NCDC tweeted: "On the 26th of August 2020, 221 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

"Till date, 53021 cases have been confirmed, 40281 cases have been discharged and 1010 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The latest cases were reported from 18 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with Plateau having 60 – the highest.

Others are FCT – 33, Kaduna – 26, Rivers – 18, Lagos – 17, Enugu – nine, Kwara – nine, Ondo – nine, Nasarawa – six, Gombe – five, Anambra – five, Delta – four, Abia – four, Imo – three, Edo – two, Ogun – two, Oyo – two, Osun – two, Bauchi – one, and Kano – one.

Three new deaths were also recorded, bringing the nation’s death toll from the disease to 1,010.