NATIONAL: Again, Nigeria breaks daily Covid-19 tally with 1,664 new infections

* Five deaths recorded, Lagos leads with 642 infections

FOR the third successive day, Nigeria surpassed its daily record number of coronavirus cases.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, confrimed1,664 new infections in the country.

The latest figure surpassed the 1,354 cases recorded across the country on Tuesday, confirming that Nigeria is experiencing a second wave of coronavirus

On its verified Twitter account, the NCDC reported five deaths and said the new infections bring the country’s total to 94,369.

The new cases were recorded from 22 States, including the Federal Capital Territory.

The tweet read: “1664 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-642

FCT-407

Plateau-160

Kaduna-83

Rivers-62

Adamawa-47

Nasarawa-38

Abia-29

Edo-28

Anambra-27

Niger-24

Ogun-24

I’m-15

Oyo-14

Kano-12

Osun-12

Borno-9

Delta-7

Enugu-7

Bauchi-5

Ekiti-5

Sokoto-5

Jigawa-2

94,369 confirmed

77,299 discharged

1,324 deaths.”