Nigeria records 10 new deaths and 245 new infections.
This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its Twitter handle late on Friday.
Lagos State recorded 131 new infections, followed by Jigawa and Ogun states, with 16 and 13 cases respectively.
100 more COVID-19 patients were discharged and a total of 2,007 patients have now been discharged.
Nigeria now has a total of 7,261 confirmed COVID-19 cases in 34 states and the FCT.
The current figures shows an increase in the number of new cases, as well as deaths and recoveries, between April and May 2020.
According to Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of the NCDC, the agency is working on increasing its testing capacity, and as a result, the country will record more COVID-19 cases.
BREAKDOWN OF COVID-19 cases
245 new cases
131-Lagos
16-Jigawa
13-Ogun
12-Borno
9-Kaduna
9-Oyo
9-Rivers
9-Ebonyi
8-Kano
7-Kwara
5-Katsina
3-Akwa Ibom
3-Sokoto
2-Bauchi
2-Yobe
1-Anambra
1-Gombe
1-Niger
1-Ondo
1-Plateau
1-FCT
1-Bayelsa
Total: 7261 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2007
Deaths: 221