Nigeria sets new COVID-19 record, posts highest cases in a single day

Nigeria posted its highest COVID-19 cases in a single day on Thursday, ramping up almost 2,000 infections.

Figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, revealed that the nation reported 1,964 fresh cases, the highest it has recorded in a single day since the pandemic broke out in February 2020.

Previously, Nigeria had set its single day highest record on  15 January, when it reported 1,867 cases,  but the record has been shattered with Thursday’s infections.

The nation’s 1,964 new cases represented a sharp rise from the 1,386 cases reported on Wednesday.

See figures below

Lagos-824
FCT-246
Plateau-166
Kaduna-128
Ogun-76
Nasarawa-74
Anambra-69
Edo-50
Rivers-45
Ondo-44
Niger-40
Oyo-38
Adamawa-35
Kano-31
Akwa Ibom-27
Gombe-19
Kwara-13
Ekiti-12
Delta-6
Kebbi-6
Bauchi-5
Ebonyi-4
Osun-3
Zamfara-1

– PMNewsNigeria