The Abia state COVID-19 cases on Friday hit 54 after 97 new cases were recorded, ABN TV reports.
The state a few days ago recorded about 67 cases which include the governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu.
The centre made this known via its Twitter handle on Friday night.
The new cases per states are listed below:
Lagos-229 FCT-65 Abia-54 Borno-42 Oyo-35 Rivers-28 Edo-28 Gombe-27 Ogun-21 Plateau-18 Delta-18 Bauchi-10 Kaduna-10 Benue-9 Ondo-8 Kwara-6 Nasarawa-4 Enugu-4 Sokoto-3 Niger-3 Kebbi-3 Yobe-1 Kano-1
As it stands now, 15,181 persons have contacted the virus in Nigeria, with 4891 persons discharged, and 399 deaths recorded