Nigeria Confirms New Highest Daily Figure Of COVID-19 Infections
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Nigeria Confirms New Highest Daily Figure Of COVID-19 Infections
Nigeria has confirmed 790 new COVID-19 infections, the highest in a single day, bringing the country’s toll of infections to 26,484.
This was disclosed yesterday evening by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet via its official handle.
Just like the past days, the new cases were confirmed across 20 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Giving a breakdown of the cases, the NCDC noted that the five states with the highest number of infections were Delta – 166, Lagos – 120, Enugu – 66, Edo –60, and Ogun – 43.
Others included Kano – 41, Kaduna – 39, Ondo – 33, Rivers – 32, Bayelsa – 29, Imo – 20, Kwara – 18, Oyo – 11 and Abia – 10.
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