The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has recorded 1,149 new cases of coronavirus, the highest number of infections in any single day since February 2020.

With the latest figure, the total number of infections in Nigeria now stands at 184,593.

The NCDC, which disclosed this on its official website handle on Thursday morning, said the 1,149 include the 393 reported from Lagos on Tuesday.

The new infections were an increase from the 357 cases reported on Tuesday.

According to the NCDC, the surge is driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant and the low vaccination rate in the country.

It said that the number of known active cases in Nigeria stood at 14,619, an increase from the 13,756 cases reported on Tuesday.

The public health agency did not state the percentage of the Delta variant in the active cases in the country.

The NCDC stated that seven patients succumbed to the disease on Wednesday and this raised the country’s total fatalities to 2,236.

It said the 1,149 new cases were reported from 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

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According to the NCDC, Lagos reported the highest number of infections with 680 cases, followed by Rivers with 157 and Akwa Ibom with 94.

Oyo State reported 56; Edo 36; FCT 34; Ogun 31; Ekiti 20 and Delta 16.

Abia, Nasarawa, and Osun five each; Cross River, four; Plateau three; Sokoto two and Kano one.

The NCDC stated that Nigeria had now successfully treated 167,738 COVID-19 cases in the aftermath of the discharge of 279 patients on Wednesday.

It added that about 2,648,684 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in Nigeria, a country with a population in excess of 200 million people.

As the world struggles to combat variants of COVID-19, the NCDC said it would leave no stone unturned in its efforts to see an end to the pandemic in Nigeria.

The centre appealed to Nigerians to be cautious as they engage in their daily activities, noting that the virus is not a respecter of anyone.

NCDC urged Nigerians to take the vaccines, noting that it was still the safest way to curtail infection.

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	69,343	10,349	58,529	465
FCT	20,301	329	19,799	173
Kaduna	9,199	9	9,124	66
Plateau	9,134	22	9,055	57
Rivers	8,981	1,025	7,850	106
Oyo	7,699	515	7,033	151
Ogun	5,112	267	4,776	69
Edo	5,059	96	4,776	187
Kano	4,036	8	3,918	110
Ondo	3,810	217	3,523	70
Akwa Ibom	3,605	802	2,771	32
Kwara	3,385	260	3,068	57
Delta	2,768	137	2,556	75
Osun	2,659	21	2,573	65
Enugu	2,538	8	2,501	29
Nasarawa	2,409	25	2,345	39
Gombe	2,228	34	2,150	44
Katsina	2,164	29	2,100	35
Ebonyi	2,047	12	2,003	32
Anambra	2,043	56	1,968	19
Abia	1,791	8	1,760	23
Imo	1,697	14	1,645	38
Bauchi	1,553	2	1,534	17
Benue	1,366	15	1,327	24
Borno	1,344	1	1,305	38
Ekiti	1,178	175	990	13
Adamawa	1,134	4	1,098	32
Taraba	1,059	30	1,005	24
Bayelsa	973	30	917	26
Niger	964	30	914	20
Sokoto	792	3	761	28
Jigawa	562	25	521	16
Yobe	499	0	490	9
Cross River	455	12	422	21
Kebbi	450	42	392	16
Zamfara	251	7	236	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2