The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Friday night that 24 persons succumbed to the ravaging Covid-!9 in Nigeria within a space of 24 hours.
It was the highest number of deaths recorded for Covid-19 in the last two weeks.
It would be recalled that on January 29, Nigeria recorded 27 fatalities from Covid-19 complications.
The latest fatality figure brings the total number of Covid deaths in Nigeria to 1,734.
NCDC stated that fresh infections stood at 1,005, recorded in 18 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
Nigeria recorded 938 fresh Covid-19 infections on Thursday.
Of the latest fresh infections, Lagos, accounted for the highest number with 204 new infections. The total number of confirmed cases in Lagos is now over 50,000.
Kwara placed second with 155 positive samples, while Oyo placed third on the list with 124 infections.
Other states with new cases are: Plateau (80), FCT (75), Edo (56), Osun (48), Ondo (41), Kaduna (40), Rivers (40), Taraba (35), Borno (32), Ekiti (21), Ogun (20), Kano (14), Bayelsa (8), Delta (7), Bauchi (3), and Jigawa (2).
On the daily record of recoveries, the figure stayed on the low side with 854 persons discharged — before Friday, Nigeria has recorded at least 900 daily recoveries within the past two weeks.
The total number of discharged patients now stands at 118,866.
A total of 144,521 cases have now been confirmed in 36 states and the FCT since February 27, 2020.
