Nigeria Records Highest COVID-19 Cases In Almost Six Months, Six New Deaths

A health worker helps his colleague with his PPE during a community testing as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV

A health worker helps his colleague with his PPE during a community testing as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV.

Nigeria has reported the highest cases of coronavirus in almost six months, amid fears of a new wave of infection in the country.

In a late-night tweet on Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed that 675 fresh cases were reported from various parts of the country in the last 24 hours.

The figure, which is 201 cases more than the tally reported in the previous day, is the highest since the nation reported 684 single-day infections on June 26.

According to the NCDC – the Federal Government agency saddled with the responsibility of preventing and controlling disease outbreak, Thursday’s infections were reported from 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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Of the new cases, the highest number of infections was recorded in the nation’s capital with 183 new cases, followed by Lagos and Kaduna States which have 128 and 85 more infections respectively.

Others are Kwara – 57, Katsina – 50, Plateau – 42, Rivers – 39, Kano – 33, Ondo – 21, Ogun – 17, Bauchi – 10, Sokoto – five, Edo – two, Ekiti – one, Bayelsa – one, and Delta – one.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country since Nigeria reported its first infection in February to 71,344.

Similarly, those who have lost the battle to COVID-19 in Nigeria increased by six, including the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port-Harcourt, Major-General, John Olu Irefin.

While the death toll from the disease rose to 1,190, the number of discharged cases increased to 65,474 following the recovery of 232 more people.

As of 9am on December 10, Nigeria has a total of 4,680 active COVID-19 cases and has tested 829,743 samples.

See the breakdown of COVID-19 figures in Nigeria, according to states below:

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	24,366	902	23,235	229
FCT	7,899	1,523	6,292	84
Plateau	3,979	89	3,856	34
Oyo	3,747	339	3,363	45
Kaduna	3,586	369	3,170	47
Rivers	3,114	168	2,886	60
Edo	2,726	32	2,581	113
Ogun	2,292	152	2,107	33
Kano	1,874	101	1,717	56
Delta	1,828	42	1,737	49
Ondo	1,749	84	1,624	41
Enugu	1,355	21	1,313	21
Kwara	1,203	97	1,076	30
Katsina	1,119	89	1,006	24
Ebonyi	1,055	6	1,019	30
Gombe	1,047	90	932	25
Osun	962	15	926	21
Abia	926	9	908	9
Bauchi	802	24	764	14
Borno	758	17	705	36
Imo	681	24	645	12
Nasarawa	539	201	325	13
Benue	501	30	460	11
Bayelsa	466	57	388	21
Ekiti	389	28	355	6
Akwa Ibom	362	29	324	9
Jigawa	340	21	308	11
Niger	298	4	282	12
Anambra	290	6	265	19
Adamawa	287	30	238	19
Taraba	195	27	161	7
Sokoto	189	21	151	17
Kebbi	138	15	115	8
Yobe	108	14	86	8
Cross River	90	3	78	9
Zamfara	79	1	73	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2