Nigeria on Friday recorded 2,314 cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a Saturday tweet.
It’s the first time the NCDC has reported over 2,000 cases in one day since it started tracking infections last February.
Earlier on Saturday, the NCDC had put the figure at 1,483, noting that the data for Lagos, the country’s epicentre for the virus, was not included.
In its update on Saturday, the NCDC said Lagos had recorded 831 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, pushing the daily figure past the 2,000-mark.
