As spread of coronavirus worsens, Nigeria hits another landmark

By Ebuka Onyeji 

 
Barely 24 hours after it logged its sharpest rise in coronavirus infections, Nigeria has set another record number in its reported daily cases of the disease.

On Tuesday, 1,354 infections were reported from 21 states of the country, smashing the previous highest daily tally of 1,204 recorded on Monday.

The latest highest daily tally pushed the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic in the country to 92,705.

Nigeria in the last 24 hours also reported one additional death, the lowest daily fatality toll in a few weeks.

This is according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The death tally from the COVID-19 disease in Nigeria increased to 1, 319, the NCDC announced late Tuesday.

In the past 18 days, there have been 107 recorded deaths from the coronavirus.

Since early December, there has been a spike in coronavirus infections in Nigeria as the country continues to set new records in daily infections.

Until the resurgence of the infections in December 2020, Nigeria never had more daily infections than the 745 reported on June 19.