Nigeria records highest single day COVID-19 infections

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Nigeria reached its latest single-day record yesterday with 1 thousand 964 fresh coronavirus infections confirmed across 23 states and the federal capital territory.

The previous single-day record was on January 15th when 1 thousand 867 new cases were confirmed in 23 states and the federal capital territory.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the new positive samples in its update yesterday, making it the 18th consecutive day that the country has recorded over 1 thousand new cases.

Seven persons were confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications in the country yesterday, increasing the fatality toll to 1 thousand 485.

A total of 116 thousand 655 infections have now been confirmed across the country, but 21 thousand 542 are currently active cases.