Barely 24 hours after it recorded its sharpest rise in coronavirus infections, Nigeria has set another record number in its reported daily cases of the disease.
According to Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 1,354 infections were on Tuesday reported from 21 states of the country, smashing the previous highest daily tally of 1,204 recorded on Monday.
1354 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-712
FCT-145
Plateau-117
Kwara-81
Kaduna-54
Sokoto-39
Oyo-38
Rivers-37
Gombe-21
Enugu-20
Akwa Ibom-16
Bauchi-14
Delta-14
Ebonyi-13
Anambra-9
Taraba-8
Edo-8
Kano-3
Osun-2
Ekiti-2
Ogun-192,705 confirmed
76,396 discharged
1,319 deaths pic.twitter.com/NpIdlbtxyo— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 5, 2021
The new cases were reported from 21 states- Lagos (712), FCT (145), Plateau (117), Kwara (81), Kaduna (54), Sokoto (39), Oyo(38), Rivers (37), Gombe (21), Enugu (20), Akwa Ibom (16), Bauchi (14), Delta (14), Ebonyi (13), Anambra (9), Taraba (8), Edo (8), Kano (3), Osun (2), Ekiti (2) and Ogun (1).
Lagos led with 712 new cases, more than half of Tuesday’s tally. The commercial city is Nigeria’s coronavirus epicentre with a total of over 32,000 cases and about 250 deaths.
Abuja with the second highest number of infections and deaths also came second on Tuesday with 145 new cases.
The latest highest daily tally pushed the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic in the country to 92,705.
Nigeria in the last 24 hours also reported one additional death, the lowest daily fatality toll in a few weeks. The death tally from the COVID-19 disease in Nigeria has now increased from 1,318 to 1,319.
In the past 18 days, there have been 107 recorded deaths from the coronavirus.
Our discharges today include 324 community recoveries in Lagos State and 137 community recoveries in FCT managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/5iV0JuTwyh
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 5, 2021
Since early December, there has been a spike in coronavirus infections in Nigeria as the country continues to set new records in daily infections.
Until the resurgence of the infections in December 2020, Nigeria never had more daily infections than the 745 reported on June 19.
With the country into the second wave of the pandemic, federal authorities have ordered the reopening of all isolation and treatment centres in the country.
According to NCDC, the failure of Nigerians to comply with the COVID-19 safety protocols during the festive period could lead to more spread of the disease.
So far, Nigeria has conducted over 980,000 COVID-19 tests.
