Nigeria has recorded 790 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in a single day, bringing its total infections to 26,484.
This was confirmed on Wednesday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet via its official handle.
Just like the previous day, the new cases were recorded across 20 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
See affected states below:
Delta-166
Lagos-120
Enugu-66
FCT-65
Edo-60
Ogun-43
Kano-41
Kaduna-39
Ondo-33
Rivers-32
Bayelsa-29
Katsina-21
Imo-20
Kwara-18
Oyo-11
Abia-10
Benue-6
Gombe-4
Yobe-2
Bauchi-2
Kebbi-2
26,484 confirmed
10,152 discharged
603 deaths