Nigeria on Friday registered 796 new cases of Coronavirus, highest single -day infections in 24 hours.
According to Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), new infections showed an increase of 51 cases over the previous record of 745 registered cases, almost six months ago on 19 June, 2020.
The 796 cases were diagnosed with COVID-19 in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory, bring the total figure to 72,140 with 1,90 deaths..
FCT led with 258 cases of the virus, while Lagos came second with 248, and Kaduna state in third position with 117, NCDC said, citing other states with new infections to include; Katsina (52), Ogun (27), Kwara (23), Gombe (22), Adamawa (17), Plateau (15), Kano (6), Rivers (2), Ondo (2), Ekiti (2), Nasarawa (2), Sokoto (2) and Taraba (1).
