Nigeria, March 27 -- Nigeria on Friday recorded 113 new COVID-19 cases in 10 states, thus continuing a steady run of low infections figures.

The new tally, which is slightly higher than the 97 infections a day earlier, raised the total infections in the country to 162,388.

This is according to an update published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Friday night.

In almost two weeks, daily infections have fallen below 300.

Nigeria also recorded three deaths from COVID-19 on Friday.

The three deaths on Friday raised the fatalities in the country to 2,039 in total.

The 113 new cases were reported from 10 states - Lagos (53), Rivers (22), Akwa Ibom (12), Kaduna (12), Ondo (6), Osun (3), FCT (2), Jigawa(1), Nasarawa (1) and ...