Amid Fears of second wave of coronavirus infection in the country,Nigeria on Thursday night reported the highest cases of coronavirus in almost six months with 675 new cases.
In a late-night tweet on Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed that the fresh cases were reported from 15 states and the federal Capital Territory.
The figure, which is 201 cases more than the tally reported in the previous day, is the highest since the nation reported 684 single-day infections on June 26.
According to the NCDC ,FCT recorded the highest number of new Infections with 183 new cases followed by Lagos which reported 128 new cases.
Of the new cases, the highest number of infections was recorded in the nation’s capital with 183 new cases, followed by Lagos and Kaduna States which have 128 and 85 more infections respectively.
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Others States with new Infections are : Kaduna – 85, Kwara – 57, Katsina – 50, Plateau – 42, Rivers – 39, Kano – 33, Ondo – 21, Ogun – 17, Bauchi – 10, Sokoto – five, Edo – two, Ekiti – one, Bayelsa – one, and Delta – one.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 71,344 while the death toll increased by six taking it to 1,190 and the number of discharged cases increased to 65,474 following the recovery of 232 more people.
As of 9am on December 10, Nigeria has a total of 4,680 active COVID-19 cases and has tested 829,743 samples.
