Nigeria has experienced a major spike in the second wave of Covid-19 with one thousand, eight hundred and sixty seven new infections in just twenty four hours.
The cases emerged from twenty four states of the federation including the FCT with Ondo State recording fifty three infections.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in its daily update gave the breakdown as follows…
Lagos-713
Plateau-273
FCT-199
Kaduna-117
Oyo-79
Enugu-58
Ondo-53
Kano-49
Sokoto-43
Ogun-37
Osun-37
Nasarawa-36
Rivers-28
Benue-24
Delta-24
Niger-24
Gombe-18
Edo-15
Taraba-12
Bayelsa-10
Ekiti-9
Borno-6
Zamfara-2
Jigawa-1
With the latest infections, Nigeria now has one hundred and seven thousand, three hundred and forty five confirmed cases of Covid-19.
Eighty four thousand, five hundred and forty five patients successfully treated and discharged while one thousand, four hundred and thirteen deaths have so far been recorded.