A file photo of a healthcare worker holding a COVID-19 test kit. TARSO SARRAF / AFP

Nigeria has recorded 168 new cases of COVID-19 infections with one death.

This is according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in an update released on Sunday night.

In the agency’s latest update, the infections were recorded in 11 states with Lagos maintaining the highest number of cases (75), followed by Abia (26) and Niger (20).

Others are FCT (15), Benue (8), Ogun (8), Osun (7), Edo (3), Kaduna (2), Kano (2), and Ondo (2).

Till date, 201,798 cases have been confirmed, 190,563 cases have been discharged and 2,655 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	75,894	2,880	72,350	664
FCT	21,155	776	20,199	180
Rivers	11,705	630	10,924	151
Kaduna	9,431	62	9,299	70
Plateau	9,293	84	9,146	63
Oyo	8,620	670	7,763	187
Edo	6,180	650	5,314	216
Ogun	5,351	39	5,233	79
Ondo	4,388	265	4,034	89
Akwa Ibom	4,284	595	3,647	42
Kano	4,151	44	3,995	112
Kwara	3,753	42	3,650	61
Delta	3,295	654	2,556	85
Osun	2,835	35	2,715	85
Enugu	2,675	112	2,534	29
Nasarawa	2,427	43	2,345	39
Gombe	2,343	35	2,263	45
Katsina	2,214	50	2,129	35
Anambra	2,196	120	2,057	19
Ebonyi	2,059	24	2,003	32
Abia	1,906	21	1,860	25
Imo	1,802	84	1,678	40
Ekiti	1,688	271	1,392	25
Bauchi	1,609	2	1,590	17
Benue	1,584	142	1,418	24
Borno	1,344	0	1,306	38
Bayelsa	1,204	140	1,037	27
Adamawa	1,155	25	1,098	32
Taraba	1,091	13	1,054	24
Niger	1,021	25	976	20
Sokoto	796	2	766	28
Jigawa	573	12	545	16
Cross River	559	20	518	21
Yobe	501	2	490	9
Kebbi	458	9	433	16
Zamfara	253	2	243	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2