Twenty-two people have died of coronavirus (COVID-19) related complications in Nigeria within 24 hours, the country’s health agency reports.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, reported that the country’s death toll increased to 1,544 with the latest fatalities.
The NCDC reports that the additional 22 deaths make it the second single-day record for COVID-19 deaths in Nigeria after 23 deaths recorded on January 14.
The Public health agency also announced 1,861 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours in the country.
It added that the country has recorded the 1,861 new cases of COVID-19 making it-the second highest daily new infection in less than one week.
“The highest record so far was set on January 23rd when NCDC reported 2,314 cases, while 1,964 cases were recorded on January 21 and 1,867 cases on January 16,”It stated.
The agency noted that the country has set a new second single-day record for COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations and has its fourth-highest single-day total of new cases.
The public health agency said that the new infections were reported from 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The NCDC revealed that 773 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 285 cases were confirmed in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, and Oyo reported 138 cases.
Amongst others states with new cases were: Rivers-111, Plateau-92, Nasarawa-83, Kaduna-59, Enugu-57, Imo-57, Edo-43, Kano-27, Kwara-20, Ebonyi-19, Abia-17, Ogun-12, Osun-12, Katsina-eight, Bayelsa-six, Bauchi-five, Delta-five, Borno-four, Jigawa-four and Zamfara-one.
It noted that the numbers of recoveries and discharged on Wednesday increased by 1,089.
According to the health agency, discharges today include 697 community recoveries in Lagos State, 128 in Rivers State and 116 in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.
The NCDC stated that the new update brings the country’s total case to 126,160, recoveries and discharged stand at 100,365, in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The NCDC noted that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) activated at Level 3, is coordinating response activities nationwide.
Nigeria has so far tested 1,270,523 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020 in the country.