Nigeria, May 6 -- Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 52 new cases of the COVID-19 virus. The new cases were recorded in six states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The new figure raised the total number of infections recorded in Nigeria to 165,273, an update published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night indicates.

The country also recorded two new deaths on Wednesday, about seven days since it reported the last death from the virus.

This brings the total number of deaths from the virus in Nigeria to 2,065.

The number of deaths recorded from the virus has declined with only two deaths recorded in the last 21 days.

The new COVID-19 cases were reported in seven states: Taraba-18, FCT-9, Rivers-9, Lagos-7,...