Nigeria records second highest single day COVID-19 deaths with 1005 new infections

Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Friday recorded its second-highest single day COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic was first reported in February last year.

The highest single-day deaths was 27, reported on January 29, 2021.

In a statement late on Friday night, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said 24 deaths were recorded across the country with Oyo state reporting the highest number of cases.

The South Western state reported 10 deaths, it’s highest since the pandemic broke out, taking its total deaths to 104.

Lagos, followed with five deaths, taking its total to 362 deaths, while the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja posted three deaths, with its total now 137.

Taraba State recorded two deaths, taking its total to 17. Kaduna, Rivers, Ondo and Kwara reported one death each.

Total COVID-19 deaths in Kaduna stand at 58, Rivers, 87, Ondo, 56, and Kwara,44.

With Friday’s 24 new deaths, the nation’s total COVID-19 deaths now stand at 1,734.

The NCDC further reported that the country also reported 1005 new cases of #COVID19.

According to the agency, the new infections were reported in 19 states, and the FCT with Lagos reporting 204 new cases, followed by Kwara-155, Oyo-124, Plateau-80, FCT-75, Edo-56, Osun-48, and Ondo-41.

Other states with new infections include, Kaduna-40, Rivers-40, Taraba-35, Borno-32, Ekiti-21, Ogun-20, Kano-14, Bayelsa-8, Delta-7, Bauchi-3, and Jigawa-2.

The health agency further stated that so far, Nigeria has 144,521 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus with 118,866 recoveries.