Nigeria has recorded more than 500 COVID-19 cases in daily figures for the third time on Friday as the government struggles to deal with a new and more infectious variant of the virus.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said figures on Saturday morning showed another 590 cases were reported.
According to the NCDC, the number of cases is rising, so is the country’s testing capacity since the peak of the first wave last year. It said the country also registered eight new deaths from COVID-19-related complications on Friday, keeping the death toll at 2,148. According to it, Friday’s figures are higher when compared with the 558 cases reported 24 hours earlier and ranks highest daily tally since March 4 when 708 cases were reported.
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