COVID-19: Nigeria records highest daily infection in six months

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday  said it recorded its highest  single day cases in the last five months.

NCDC  stated this on Thursday morning noting  that 747 fresh cases of COVID-19 infection was recorded on Wednesday.

“Lagos State, the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria, recorded 488 followed by Akwa Ibom 121 cases, Oyo 29, Rivers 25 and Ogun 15.

“The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Kaduna recorded 13 each; Kwara 11; Ekiti and Osun reported 10 each; Edo had six, Abia had three, Anambra recorded two and Plateau had one,” NCDC stated.

According to the NCDC, four COVID-19-related deaths were recorded on Wednesday, raising the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in Nigeria to 2,167.

The health agency stated that 87 patients, who recovered from the virus, have been discharged from various isolation centres in the country.

They however stated that about 165,208 recoveries have been recorded nationwide.

However, out of Nigeria’s 200 million people, the agency had tested only 2.5 million for the virus.

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