131 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday September 17 as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). 

A breakdown of the new cases across states in the country is as follows; Lagos-45, Kaduna-17, Plateau-1, FCT-16, Delta-6, Niger-6, Kwara-5, Oyo-3, Akwa Ibom-2, Cross River-2, Ekiti-2, Enugu-2, Osun-2, Sokoto-2, Bauchi-1, Ebonyi-1, Katsina-1, Rivers-1. 

There are now 56,735 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1, 093 deaths has been recorded. 48,092 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.