The covid-19 death toll in Nigeria rose on Friday with the recent surge in new cases feeding through into fatalities as the country slips into the second wave of the pandemic.
The total death tally from COVID-19 in Nigeria rose to 1, 212 on Friday after 11 more people died from the virus in the last 24 hours, the country’s infectious disease agency, NCDC, announced late Friday.
According to the agency, 806 new confirmed cases of coronavirus were found over the past 24 hours amid resurgence in high numbers across the country.
The new figure shows a decrease from the 1, 145 infections reported on Thursday night, the country’s highest daily figure – a record likely to be broken going by the way the disease is spreading.
Since early December, there has been an unprecedented increase in coronavirus cases. This week alone, Nigeria has been consistent in setting new records of highest daily infections.
The 1, 145 new height in infections was reached barely 24 hours after recording the previous highest daily figure of 930 and about six days after the penultimate highest daily figure of 796 was reached.
Until the resurgence of the infections in December, Nigeria never had a higher number of daily infections than the 745 reported on June 19.
In the last two weeks, daily cases in the country averaged 500 for the first time since the pandemic reached Nigeria in late February with the spread concentrated in the country’s two major exit points and hardest hit cities – Lagos and Abuja.
The total number of infections in the country has now increased to 77, 013.
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