Nigeria, on Wednesday December 30, recorded 1016 more coronavirus infections.
Lagos has 434 of the infections, with Abuja following with 155.
This is coming at a time stakeholders are worried about the ritual crossover gatherings that churches and other religious places record on the New Year eve.
According to the statistics released by the NCDC, other states with fresh cases include Plateau-94, Kaduna-56, Rivers-56, Oyo-30, Nasarawa-27, Zamfara-25, Abia-22, Enugu-18, Kano-18, Bayelsa-15, Edo-14, Ogun-11, Borno-10, Ebonyi-10, Jigawa-7, Anambra-4, Delta-3, Niger-3 and Osun-3.
Nigeria now has 86,576 confirmed cases with 73,322 patients discharged. Sadly, 1,278 deaths have been recorded.
The breakdown:
