The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country recorded 2,117 recoveries from COVID-19 within 24 hours on Thursday — representing the highest single-day count since January 17.
The last time the number of discharged patients from a singe-day count surpassed 2,000 was on January 17, 2021, when the agency reported “717 recoveries in Lagos state and a backlog of 2,825 community recoveries in FCT managed in line with guidelines”.
Out of the 2,117 discharged patients, 1,858 community recoveries were recorded in the federal capital territory (FCT) and 259 in Lagos.
The total number of COVID-19 recoveries in the country now stands at 142, 404.
However, the agency reported 287 fresh cases across 18 states and the FCT, while eight persons were confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications on Thursday.
Lagos state — the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria — recorded the highest number of new infections with 107 positive samples; followed by Kwara with 36, and Akwa Ibom with 23.
Other states with new cases include Bauchi (22), Ogun (21), Rivers (19), Kaduna (14), FCT (11), Abia (8), Edo (8), Ekiti (6), Kano (5), Gombe (4), Osun (4), Oyo (3), Plateau (3), Nasarawa (2), and Delta (1).
The country now has a total of 159,933 confirmed COVID-19 infections across 36 states and the FCT — 15,528 active cases with 2001 deaths.
