LAGOS SHATTERS DAILY COVID-19 RECORD AGAIN
Written by Questit on January 8, 2021
LAGOS STATE HAVE POSTED 807 NEW CASES OF COVID-19, SHATTERING ITS FORMER RECORD AND SETTING A NEW ONE.
THE NIGERIAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL, NCDC, HAD REPORTED 1,565 NEW COVID-19 CASES IN NIGERIA, WITH LAGOS REPORTING 807 CASES.
THE STATE BROKE THE COVID-19 RECORD IN SINGLE DAY INFECTIONS IT SET ON JANUARY 5, 2021, WHEN IT REPORTED 712 CASES.
THURSDAY’S CASES IN LAGOS ARE THE HIGHEST RECORDED BY ANY STATE IN A SINGLE DAY SINCE THE PANDEMIC BROKE OUT IN FEBRUARY 2020.
LAGOS POSTED MORE THAN HALF OF THE ENTIRE CASES POSTED ON THURSDAY, WITH ABUJA COMING A DISTANT SECOND WITH 236 CASES.
HOWEVER, NIGERIA’S 1,565 NEW CASES OF THE VIRUS ON THURSDAY REPRESENTED A LITTLE DROP FROM THE 1,664 CASES POSTED ON WEDNESDAY, THE HIGHEST SO FAR BY THE NATION SINCE THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC.
WITH TODAY’S INFECTIONS, TOTAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES IN NIGERIA STOOD AT 95,934 WITH 77,982 SURVIVORS DISCHARGED SO FAR. THE NATION REPORTED SIX DEATHS ON THURSDAY
