Nigeria on Monday recorded 155 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Four more deaths were also recorded, the health agency added.

The new figures bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 55,160; at least 43,231 cases have been discharged and 1,061 deaths recorded.

The new cases on Monday were reported from 16 states: Lagos (42), Plateau (25), Rivers (16), Ebonyi (10), FCT(9), Abia (9), Ogun (9), Osun (7), Katsina (6), Kaduna (6), Ekiti (4), Taraba (4), Edo (3), Anambra (2), Akwa Ibom (2), Kano (1).

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 889,498 people worldwide since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Monday.

At least 27,172,460 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 17,892,800 are now considered recovered.

The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections.

Many countries are testing only symptomatic or the most serious cases.

On Sunday, 7,726 new deaths and 230,852 new cases were recorded worldwide. Based on the latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were India with 1,016 new deaths, followed by Brazil with 447 and the United States with 408. ChannelsTv