Fresh 829 people had contracted coronavirus and one death recorded according to NCDC website.
The revelation came on Saturday night according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which was boxing day as the country continues to experience the second wave of the virus.
With the latest figure which was an increase from the 712 cases reported on Christmas day, the total infections in the country has increased to 83, 576.
One more person died from the virus on Saturday taking the total fatality to 1,247.
Nigeria is currently battling its worst phase of COVID-19 with the recent surge in new infections officially declared the second wave last week Thursday by the Presidential Task Force committee.
Health experts believe the non-adherence to safety protocols and the weak enforcement of protocols by officials, especially in the country’s major airports in Abuja and Lagos, could be responsible for the recent spread, noting that the situation could get worse if citizens keep violating safety protocols.
Active cases in the country have risen from about 3,000 some weeks ago to over 11,000 due to a rise in new infections.
Of the over 83,000 cases so far in Nigeria, 70,495 patients have been discharged from hospitals after treatment.
The 829 new cases were reported from 15 states – Lagos (296), FCT (291), Kaduna (79), Rivers (40), Kano (35), Nasarawa (25), Bauchi (19), Benue (8), Borno (7), Edo (7), Oyo (7), Sokoto (7), Cross River (3), Jigawa (3), and Ogun (2).
Still on the top table is Lagos and Abuja led with 296 and 291 new cases respectively on Saturday – more than half of the daily total.