Nigeria has recorded 1,600 COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the highest single day count since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country on February 27, 2020.
This is revealed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its updates on new cases for January 6, 2021.
With the 1,664 new infections recorded across 22 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) on Wednesday, Nigeria’s total number of confirmed cases has now exceeded 94,000.
At least 1,000 fresh positive samples have been confirmed for three consecutive days — over 6,000 new cases have been recorded in the past six days.
Five persons were confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications on Wednesday, increasing the current fatality toll to 1,324.
However, the number of new recoveries increased on Wednesday with 930 people discharged across the country.
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According to the NCDC, “our discharges today include 388 community recoveries in Lagos State, 261 in Kaduna State, 87 in Plateau State and 20 in Imo State managed in line with guidelines”.
A total of 94,369 cases have now been confirmed across the 36 states and the FCT, but 77,299 people have recovered.
Our discharges today include 388 community recoveries in Lagos State, 261 in Kaduna State, 87 in Plateau State and 20 in Imo State managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/OHWAzE1Lhc
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 6, 2021
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