Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that three people tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.
NCDC made this known in its latest coronavirus data published for March 5, 2022.
The figure was the lowest number of daily new COVID-19 cases in 2022 so far.
The states that reported the infections were Katsina (2) and Kaduna (1).
No death figure was recorded from COVID-19 complications.
While the death toll is now 3,142, the daily count of recoveries increased slightly, with 11 patients discharged on Saturday, increasing the total to 249,171.
