Nigeria, on Tuesday, recorded its highest daily COVID-19 infection figure in more than four months.
The country recorded 404 new cases, smashing the previous high figure of 317 which was reported on July 24 as the highest daily record in four months.Nigeria Centre for Disease ControlThe new figure, which is now the biggest daily increase in the country since March 4 when 708 cases were recorded, raised the total infections in the country to 171,728.
After months of low numbers, Nigeria’s coronavirus cases have been on the rise in the past two weeks shortly after the discovery of the much dreaded Delta variant of the disease which is said to be highly transmissible.Health experts fear the rising numbers could put the nation on the precipice of what could be another stretch of spread in infections amid indications that the third wave is beginning.
However, no death was recorded from the disease on Tuesday keeping the death toll at 2, 134 in total.According to the NCDC update, the new cases were found in 12 states across the country and the Federal Capital Territory .
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