The total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has continued to rise as the country confirms more infections on each new day.
While there have been high and low figures of single-day cases, the country reported 709 new infections and 12 more fatalities on Thursday.
This was revealed in an early-morning tweet on Friday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which manages disease outbreaks in the country.
It noted that the new cases were reported in 20 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Unlike most times when Lagos recorded the highest number of single-day cases, Adamawa took the lead with 180 fresh infections.
The north-eastern state was trailed by Lagos which reported 141 new cases, as well as Ondo, Anambra, and Rivers which recorded 60, 54, and 41 cases respectively.
Others included Taraba – 33, Edo – 30, Abia – 22, Kaduna – 22, FCT – 21, Akwa Ibom – 20, Kano – 20, Plateau – 11, Ekiti – 10, Kebbi – 10, Nasarawa – 10, Bayelsa – seven, Ogun – five, Osun – five, Oyo – five, and Gombe – one.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 157,671, while 136,335 cases have been discharged and 1,951 deaths recorded.
As of March 5, 2021, Nigeria has tested 1,544,008 samples for coronavirus and 19,385 cases are active.
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