Nigeria on Wednesday recorded the highest single day new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections with 930 new cases, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced.
The NCDC said via its verified website that the 930 new infections on Wednesday surpasses the previous record of 796 cases recorded on December 11.
The health agency said Nigeria has conducted about 859,357 tests since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced on 27 February this year.
It also said that 281 COVID-19 patients had recovered and were discharged from various isolation centres on Wednsday, raising the number of successfully recovered patients to 66,775.
NCDC noted that the 930 new infections were from 21 States of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), adding that the new infections raised the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 75,062.
NCDC also said that no death was recorded from the virus on Wednesday.
Altogether, the agency noted that till date, 75,062 cases have been confirmed, 66,775 patients discharged and 1,200 deaths recorded in 36 States and the FCT.
The health agency stated that Lagos recorded the highest number of new cases with 279 infections, followed by FCT with 179 cases, Plateau – 62, Kaduna – 54 and Kano, 52.
Katsina had 52; Imo 42; Jigawa 42; Rivers 38; Kwara 30; Nasarawa 19; Yobe 15; Ogun 13; Borno 10; with Oyo and Niger nine each.
Ebonyi recorded six, Bauchi six, Edo five, Taraba four, Sokoto and Cross River two each.