Nigeria has recorded 11 additional deaths from COVID-19, raising the total death toll in four days to 29.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said in an update on its Facebook page on Thursday night that the country also recorded 566 new cases in the last 24 hours.

According to the update, the new infection figure has raised Nigeria’s total infections to 176,577 while the fatality toll now stands at 2,178.

The NCDC noted that 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) contributed to the total infections recorded on Thursday.

Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus, reported 283 cases while Akwa Ibom followed with 88 cases and Oyo State ranked third with 62 cases.

Rivers State recorded 62 while the FCT had 18 infections. Ogun State in the South-west reported 12 new cases.

Kwara State registered 11 infections and Plateau reported six, while Zamfara recorded three, even as Kaduna and Katsina States had two cases each to rank as the states with the lowest figures on the chart