Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Friday recorded 27 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest single day death toll since the first outbreak of the pandemic in the country last February.
According to a statement by the Nigeria Centre For Disease Controllate Friday night via its verified Twitter handle, Lagos accounted for nine, of the 27 deaths, taking its death toll to 311.
Oyo reported seven deaths, taking its total deaths to 83, while Ondo posted four deaths, with its total now 51.
Edo recorded three deaths, with its total deaths standing at 139; Kwara, two deaths, with its total now 41, while FCT and Kano reported one death each. FCT and Kano now has a total of 126 and 77 deaths, Kano respectively.
According to the update, the country recorded 1,114 fresh infections recorded in 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory, with Lagos still leading with 408 new infections.
Other states with new infections include, FCT -95, Plateau-90 Ondo-66 Kaduna-63 Oyo-56 Borno-46 Imo-42 Edo-41 Ogun-37 Rivers-31 Ekiti-25 Yobe-20 Kano-18 Akwa Ibom-18 Delta-15 Osun-15 Kwara-11 Bayelsa-6 Nasarawa-6 Zamfara-4 and Bauchi-1.
The NCDC further noted that so far, the country has 128, 674 confirmed cases of the disease, with 102,780 recoveries while the death toll stands at 1,577.
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