NATIONAL: NCDC confirms 1,867 new Covid-19 cases as Nigeria hits new record

THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced on Friday night that the country recorded 1,867 new Covid-19 cases.

With almost 2,000 new cases Nigeria hit a new record on its daily count of coronavirus infections.

The new cases were confirmed in 23 states and the federal capital territory, according to the update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for January 15, 2021.

The new figure is the country’s highest number of new positive samples confirmed within a 24-hour period.

However, 705 new recoveries were recorded, while eight persons were confirmed to have died of Covid-19 complications on Friday.

1867 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-713
Plateau-273
FCT-199
Kaduna-117
Oyo-79
Enugu-58
Ondo-53
Kano-49
Sokoto-43
Ogun-37
Osun-37
Nasarawa-36
Rivers-28
Benue-24
Delta-24
Niger-24
Gombe-18
Edo-15
Taraba-12
Bayelsa-10
Ekiti-9
Borno-6
Zamfara-2
Jigawa-1 pic.twitter.com/8PLcOHLcJ4

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 15, 2021