Nigeria, May 24 -- Nigeria's tally of confirmed COVID -19 cases on Saturday rose to 7, 526 as 265 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

There was no death recorded from the virus on Saturday as death toll remained 221.

Lagos recorded the highest daily figure of cases reported with 133 infections.

There was a slight increase in the number of infections reported on Saturday (265) compared to the number reported on Friday (245).

The agency in a tweet late night said the 265 new cases were reported in 13 states. These are Lagos, Oyo, Edo, Ogun, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Plateau, Kaduna, Borno, Niger, Kwara, Bauchi, Anambra and Enugu.

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