With 14 new patient confirmed dead to the virus in Nigeria and the virus infecting another 1,386 people in country, the death toll stands at 1,478 and nationwide infections rose to 114,691, new data by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC showed on Wednesday.

Data obtained from the health agency website shows that Nigeria has successfully treated and discharged 92,336 COVID-19 cases following the discharge of 1,136 additional patients in the last 24 hours.

Since the beginning of the outbreak in Nigeria in February 2020, more than 1,198,758 people have been tested for COVID-19 by NCDC, out of which 114,691 were positive.

The public health agency in a tweet said the new cases were reported in 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Lagos state, the the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria recorded 476 new infections bringing the total number of the infections in the state to 42,427.

Other states with new cases include: Rivers-163, FCT-116, Kaduna-114, Oyo-68, Plateau-62, Ogun-56, Imo-55, Osun-55, Edo-51, Anambra-50, Kwara-44, Kano-17, Ebonyi-14, Cross River-10, Delta-10, Jigawa-8, Bayelsa-6, Ekiti-6, Borno-2, Taraba-2 and Zamfara-1.