As Nigeria battled the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, on Tuesday, announced 999 Covid infections, arguably the highest recorded in the country for a single day.
The high number of Covid cases recorded recently had led the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to order the reopening of all isolation and treatment centres, which had been closed due to reduced patient load.
Giving an update last night, the NCDC stated that Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have the highest number of cases recorded in the country on Tuesday.
The Centre stated, “On the 22nd of December 2020, 999 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 79,789 cases have been confirmed, 68,879 cases have been discharged and 1231 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 999 new cases are reported from 18 states- FCT (416), Lagos (324), Kaduna (68), Plateau (42), Kwara (32), Kano (24), Gombe (14), Sokoto (12), Yobe (12), Akwa Ibom (11), Bayelsa (10), Rivers (7), Bauchi (7), Ogun (6), Oyo (5), Edo (4), Taraba (4) and Jigawa (1).”
