Nigeria has confirmed 48 new cases of Coronavirus known as Covid-19.

With the latest figures, the confirmed cases stand at 162,641, Recovered at 150,466 and 2,049 Deaths since the outbreak of the virus in the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made the confirmation via its official Twitter page @NCDCgov, on Monday, 29th March.

It shows the breakdown of the figures as recorded in some states across the country;