Nigeria on Friday recorded 12 death from COVID-19 complications, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed.
The death toll was the second highest in a single day, since the pandemic landed in late February.
The highest single day death toll ever recorded was on 10 May, 2020, when 17 people died.
Eight states and the Federal Capital of Abuja accounted for the latest toll, which has increased Nigeria’s fatalities to 1,342.
Two persons each died in Lagos, Edo and Kano.
Kebbi, Abuja, Kaduna, Plateau, Oyo and Rivers reported one death each.
Lagos still has the highest death toll of 252, followed by Edo with 119.
Abuja has overall death toll of 107, Kano 70, Rivers 65, Kaduna 55, Oyo 54 and Plateau 46.
The highest single day death toll was one of the highlights of Friday’s report.
According to the NCDC, Nigeria also reported another high figure of new COVID-19 cases, 1,544 from 20 states and Abuja.
The national figure of confirmed cases is now 97,478 after 1,011,584 samples tested.
The number of the discharged also rose by 570, moving from 77,982 to 78,552.