Nigeria on Wednesday reported 389 new confirmed new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed infections in the country to 8,733.
According to NCDC, the figure is the highest daily cases so far reported since the beginning of the outbreak in the country.
NCDC also explained that on its official twitter handle that five deaths were also recorded.
The NCDC says one new state, Kogi, has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
NCDC explained that this takes the country’s total infections to 8,733, out of which 2,501 have been discharged, with 254 deaths.
NCDC data showed that the cases were spread across 22 states and with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 256 cases.
Others were: Katsina (23), Edo (22), Rivers (14), Kano(13), Adamawa (11), Akwa Ibom (11), Kaduna(7), Kwara (6), Nasarawa (6), Gombe (2), Plateau (2), Abia (2), Delta (2), Benue (2), Niger (2), Kogi (2), Oyo (2), Imo (1), Borno (1), Ogun (1), Anambra (1).
