Nigeria, June 10 -- Nigeria on Wednesday reported 64 new coronavirus cases in nine states as Yobe led the chart with 18 new infections.

According to an update by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its website on Thursday morning, the new figure, which is lower than the 102 cases recorded a day earlier, raised the total infection in the country to 166,982.

There was no new fatality on Wednesday as the death toll remains 2,117 in total, the update by the disease centre noted.

According to the agency, 59 patients were on Wednesday discharged from hospitals across the country after treatment, adding that a total of 163 328 recoveries have been recorded so far.

Nigeria, however, still has a total of 1,534 active infections....