Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 1,133 fresh COVID-19 cases.
It is the highest daily new infections since the coronavirus was first confirmed in the country 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 17 states of the federation and Abuja.
It added that the number of COVID-19 fatalities in Nigeria stood at 1,236 as of Wednesday night.
Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 80,922.
Meanwhile, 69,274 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 (397), FCT (357), Kaduna (81), Plateau (63), Katsina (46), Sokoto (32), Oyo (28), Ogun (21), Kano (19), and Rivers (18).
Others are – Osun (13), Edo (12), Niger (12), Bayelsa (11), Borno (11), Bauchi (8), Jigawa (2), and Ondo (2).
“Total confirmed COVID-19 cases: 80,922.
“Discharged: 69,274 AND Deaths: 1,236.”
This raises a red flag with the Christmas celebration around the corner.
