Lagos state’s single-day count of COVID-19 infections has exceeded 1,000 — with 1,040 cases reported on Saturday.
This is the highest daily count recorded by the state where the first COVID-19 case in the country was confirmed on Feb 27, 2020.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its update for January 30, reported 1883 new positive cases of COVID-19 across 22 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
Trailing Lagos is the FCT with 298 cases, Anambra 86, and Rivers 54.
Other states that confirmed new infections include: Taraba (45), Ogun (42), Oyo (40), Akwa Ibom (38), Sokoto (30), Ebonyi (30), Imo (28), Kaduna (28), Osun (27), Kano (21), Benue (19), Edo (17), Gombe (15), Ekiti (9), Delta (
, Jigawa (3), Kwara (2), Bayelsa (2) and Plateau (1).According to the NCDC, a total of 932 recoveries were recorded on Saturday with 461 discharged patients in Lagos state.
Also, one new death was recorded on Saturday, bringing the country’s fatality toll to 1,578.
A breakdown showed that Lagos has the highest number of positive cases with 8,576 patients –one-third of 25,267 active cases in the country.
Out of 130,557 confirmed cases in Nigeria, a total of 103,712 patients have been discharged.
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