Nigeria recorded its lowest daily COVID-19 cases since December last year on Sunday, February 7, as 506 new cases were confirmed in the country.
However, 20 new deaths were recorded despite the drop in infections.
The new figures were posted on the official website of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control.
Till date, a total of 139,748 cases have been confirmed since the outbreak, 113,525 cases have been discharged and a total of 1,667 deaths have been reported in 36 states, including the FCT.
The 506 new cases, which were reported from 20 states, showed a significant decrease from the 1,588 cases confirmed on Saturday.
A break down of the recent cases shows; Ondo(90), Kwara(89), Rivers(53), Borno(45), Gombe(32), FCT(28), Imo(26), Ogun(25), Lagos(22), Kaduna(14), Kano(14), Edo(13), Osun(11), Cross River(10), Yobe(9), Ekiti(7), Kebbi(6), Nasarawa(6), Oyo(5) and Jigawa(1).