Nigeria has recorded 2,123 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, its highest ever daily infection since the outbreak of the virus in February 2020.
Wednesday’s figure released by NCDC was 755 higher than the 1,368 infections recorded on Tuesday. It was the first time Nigeria was experiencing a ballooning of its daily difference in new infections and a sharp increase in the number of fatalities as festive activities heighten across the country.
According to the NCDC figures, Lagos State, which remains the country’s epicentre of the infection, led the new infections table with 1,552 cases. It was followed by the FCT with 197 cases and Edo with 155 infections.
With the latest figure, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria stood at 12,547. This shows an increase of 3,039 when compared with the 9,508 active cases previously.
NCDC stated also that four new COVID-19 deaths were recorded on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 2,989. Wednesday’s figure took Nigeria’s infection level to 227,378.
Delta State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye, yesterday, said a total of 395 cases of Omicron variant were recorded in the state. Ononye said a total of 3,295 tests for the Omicron variant have been conducted since the spike of the virus, while 395 persons tested positive for the new variant.
Ononye urged residents in the state to comply with COVID-19 precautionary rules, saying that a single dose of vaccination cannot confer immunity on any individual.
