Nigeria records daily high 930 COVID-19 cases as second wave reality dawns

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded a daily high 930 fresh COVID-19 cases, confirming the inevitable second wave of the contagion.

It is the most cases in a single day since the coronavirus first entered Africa’s most populous nation in February.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19 cases were recorded in 21 states of the federation and Abuja.

The country’s previous record daily high cases were 745 on June 19.

It added that the number of COVID-19 fatalities in Nigeria stood at 1,200 as of Wednesday night.

Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 75,062.

Meanwhile, 66,775 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from various isolation facilities in the country.

The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (279), FCT (179), Plateau (62), Kaduna (54), Kano (52), Katsina (52), Imo (42), Jigawa (42), Rivers (38), Kwara (30), Nasarawa (19), and Yobe (15).

Others are – Ogun (13), Borno (10), Oyo (9), Niger (9), Ebonyi (6), Bauchi (6), Edo (5), Taraba (4), Sokoto (2), and Cross River (2).

“Total confirmed COVID-19 cases: 75,062.

“Discharged: 66,775 AND Deaths: 1,200.”