Nigeria on Saturday recorded 779 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bring its total infections to 24,077.
This was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in a tweet via its official handle.
Saturday’s new cases marked the highest daily increase since the health agency started reporting COVID-19 infections in February.
Nigeria is currently undergoing a second phase of a re-opening after weeks of lockdown to slow the spread of the virus.
However, the number of cases has continued to increase as the country’s testing capacity is being ramped up.
Aee affected states below:
Lagos-285
Rivers-68
FCT-60
Edo-60
Enugu-56
Delta-47
Ebonyi-42
Oyo-41
Kaduna-19
Ogun-18
Ondo-16
Imo-12
Sokoto-11
Borno-9
Nasarawa-8
Abia-5
Gombe-5
Kebbi-5
Kano-4
Yobe-3
Ekiti-3
Osun-2
24,077 confirmed
8,625 discharged
558 deaths
