The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 790 COVID-19 cases across 12 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) on Wednesday.
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Wednesday’s figure is the highest single-day count in six months. The last time the country recorded infections above 790 was on February 18, when 877 cases were recorded.
Lagos, the worst-hit state by COVID-19, recorded 574 positive samples representing 72.66 percent of the total daily count on Wednesday.
Other states that recorded cases include Rivers (83), Ondo (38), Ogun (31), Oyo (23), Delta (10), FCT (9), Ekiti (7), Edo (6), Osun (4), Anambra (2), Bayelsa (2), and Plateau (1).
Seventy-two persons were discharged on Wednesday, while one death was recorded.
So far, Nigeria has 179,908 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 166,203 recoveries, and 2,195 fatalities across the 36 states and the FCT.
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