Nigeria Records 288 New Cases of COVID-19

Nigeria, on Friday, recorded 288 new cases of coronavirus its highest daily figure for the week.

Four people also died from the virus on Friday.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), with Friday’s figure, the total tally of infected people in the country rose to 5,445 from 5,162 reported on Thursday evening.

The public health agency in a tweet Friday night said the new cases were reported in 15 states. These are Lagos, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Borno, Ogun, Kano, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Niger, Ekiti. Oyo, Delta, Bauchi, Kwara and Edo states.

All the reporting states already had at least a case of the virus.

Lagos State remains the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria and it also reported the highest infection for Friday.

“Till date, 5, 445 cases have been confirmed, 1, 320 cases have been discharged and 171 deaths have been recorded in 34 states .