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Nigeria, yesterday, recorded its highest daily tally of 27 deaths from COVID-19, toppling the previous record of 23 deaths reported on January 15.
Yesterday’s figure raised the country’s COVID-19 fatality toll to a total of 1,577.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) also announced 1,114 new COVID-19 infections yesterday, raising the current number of confirmed cases in the country to 128,674.
The number of cases successfully managed and discharged stands at 102,780.
See further breakdown of yesterday’s figures below: