The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed a new record figure on its daily count of coronavirus infections with over 1,200 fresh cases recorded across the country.
The new figure, which comes amid a spike in the number of fresh infections as the country experiences a second wave, was confirmed in the agency’s update for January 4, 2021 — Nigeria’s previous highest count was 1,145 cases confirmed on December 17.
Lagos alone accounted for more than half of the new cases, with over 600 positive samples.
However, seven persons were confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications on Monday.
1204 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-654
FCT-200
Plateau-60
Kaduna-54
Kano-40
Rivers-30
Edo-28
Nasarawa-25
Kebbi-19
Bauchi-18
Oyo-13
Akwa Ibom-12
Bayelsa-11
Ogun-11
Delta-9
Abia-8
Benue-5
Imo-3
Borno-2
Sokoto-1
Osun-1
91,351 confirmed
75,699 discharged
1,318 deaths pic.twitter.com/DhGzPtTv5Z
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 4, 2021
