Nigeria has recorded 90 new cases of Coronavirus disease bringing the nation’s confirmed infection cases to 56,478.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this via its verified Twitter handle on Tuesday.

NCDC tweeted: "On the 15th of September 2020, 90 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria, having carried out a total daily test of 1,912 samples across the country.

"Till date, 56,478 cases have been confirmed, 44,430 cases have been discharged and 1,088 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

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A total of 443,987  tests have been carried out as of September 15th, 2020 compared to 442,075 tests a day earlier.

The 90 new cases are reported from 8 states- Lagos (33), Plateau (27), Kaduna (17), Ogun (6), FCT (4), Anambra (1), Ekiti (1), Nasarawa (1).

Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 18,696, followed by Abuja (5,451), Oyo (3,221), Plateau (3,142), Edo (2,610), Kaduna (2,296), Rivers (2,208), Delta (1,791), Ogun (1,754), Kano (1,732), Ondo (1,584), Enugu (1,232), Ebonyi (1,034), Kwara (1,002), Katsina (843), Abia (828), Osun (805), Gombe (773), Borno (741), and Bauchi (680).

Imo State has recorded 546 cases, Benue (467), Nasarawa (447), Bayelsa (393),  Jigawa (322), Ekiti (303), Akwa Ibom (286), Niger (244), Anambra (232), Adamawa (230), Sokoto (159), Taraba (95), Kebbi (93), Cross River (83), Zamfara (78), Yobe (72), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.