Nigeria has recorded six hundred and eighty-one new Covid-19 infections, which is the highest in a single day since the outbreak of the disease in the country over three months ago.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said three hundred and of the new infections were confirmed in Lagos State, which is more than half of yesterday’s national total.
Fifty-one new cases were also confirmed in Rivers state, followed by Ogun with 48, Gombe 47, Oyo 36, Imo 31, Delta 28, and Kano 23.
Others are Bauchi 18, Edo 12, Katsina 12, Kaduna 9, Anambra 7, Jigawa 5, Kebbi 4, Ondo 4, and Nasarawa one.
Meanwhile; the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases recorded in Nigeria now stands at fourteen thousand, five hundred and fifty-four.
So far, four thousand, nine hundred and ninety-four patients have recovered from the disease, while three hundred and eighty-seven have died from the infection.
In the meantime; the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has called for a change of behaviours by Nigerians as efforts continue to wipe out the new coronavirus from Nigeria.
National Coordinator of the Task Force, SANI ALIYU, said information available to the group shows that members of the public have been adequately sensitized about Covid-19.
SANI ALIYU said the another challenge threatening the Covid-19 campaign is discrimination and stigmatization.
