Nigeria health officials on Saturday reported that 35 additional Nigeria residents have been infected with COVID-19. The report, however consist of data from 2nd to 3rd June 2022.

The number of people infected with the disease on Saturday significantly dropped from the 85 cases reported on June 1, 2022

Nigeria's total COVID-19 cases now stands at 256,148, according to the data revealed by health officials

Data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC also showed that no patients died of coronavirus-related complications in the past 48 hours, the total number of fatalities remains 3,143.

While five more patients have been successfully treated and discharged, this raised the total people discharged to 250,065.

The 35 new cases are reported from 4 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory.

The breakdown of the NCDC data revealed that Lagos accounted for 24 cases, while Kano, FCT, Kaduna and Rivers reported 5, 3, 2 and 1 cases respectively.

NCDC added that three states reported zero cases: Delta, Plateau, and Sokoto.