The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported that 754 additional COVID-19 infections have been recorded in the country.
This latest development was confirmed by NCDC via its verified website on Friday morning.
According to the report, the 754 cases were recorded on Thursday across 11 states of the federation and the FCT, an increase from the 268 reported on Wednesday.
One fatality was also recorded with NCDC adding that the infection toll had increased to 215,918, while the fatality toll from the disease stood at 2,981, as of Thursday.
The agency revealed that Lagos State, the country’s epicentre of the virus, reported more than half of the new cases and 4,662 people are currently down with illness from the virus, while 207,619 people had been treated and discharged.
NCDC also stated that a backlog of 595 confirmed cases for Dec. 8, (294), and Dec. 9 (301), 2021 were from Lagos.
Amongst others, the FCT recorded (68), Imo (49), Edo (13), Oyo (9), Delta (5), Katsina (4), Kano (3), Plateau (3), Ekiti (2), Gombe (2) and Rivers (1).
NCDC noted that the country had conducted a total of 3,629,527 sample tests since the virus was announced on Feb. 27, 2020.
It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.