Nigeria records 553 new coronavirus cases, highest in single day

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night reported an increase of 553 cases across the country taking the total number so far recorded to 9,855.

This is the largest single increase in a day since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria in February

According to data published by the centre on its website, 159 cases were discharged yesterday while 12 deaths were recorded.

A breakdown of the latest cases is as follows: Lagos-378; FCT-52; Delta-23; Edo-22; Rivers-14; Ogun-13; Kaduna-12; Kano-9; Borno-7; Katsina-6; Jigawa-5; Oyo-5; Yobe-3; Plateau-3; and Osun-1.