Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- Nigeria recorded 1,143 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said.

The country also recorded 13 deaths from the virus on Saturday, taking the total fatalities in the last 48 hours to 37.

Saturday's figure indicated a significant decrease from the 24 deaths recorded on Friday, Nigeria's second highest daily fatality toll.

The latest figure raised Nigeria's fatality toll to 1,747 in total.

The total coronavirus infections recorded in Nigeria is now 145,664.

Nigeria on January 30 recorded its highest daily death tally of 27 deaths to topple the previous record of 23 deaths reported on January 15.

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The 1,143 new cases were reported from 20 states - Lagos (319), FCT (...