Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- For five consecutive days, Nigeria has continued to record daily coronavirus infections below 500.

On Wednesday, 457 coronavirus infections were confirmed, two days after 288 cases - the lowest number since June 8 - were reported.

The latest figure brings the total number of infections in the country to 44,890, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Wednesday's figure is slightly higher than the 304 cases reported on Tuesday.

The number of deaths recorded on Wednesday was 17, pushing the total to 927.

About 14 people succumbed to the disease on Tuesday.

Over 32,000 recoveries have been recorded so far.

The new cases, according to the NCDC, were found in the following 21 states:

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