Nigeria, March 7 -- Nigeria on Saturday reported 195 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest daily infections in about seven months as the country commences vaccination for the viral disease.

The 195 new cases is the lowest reported since August 31, 2020, when there were 138 new infections.

Nigeria suffered its worst phase of the COVID-19 outbreak between December and January as daily infections averaged over 1,000.

Recently, however, infection figures have been relatively low with daily cases hovering between 300 and 700 in the past two weeks except for the 709 infections recorded on Thursday and the 195 recorded Saturday.

With the latest figure, the total infection tally in the country is now 158238, according to an update published by th...