The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,149 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), the highest number of infections in any single day since last February.

With the latest figure, the total number of infections in Nigeria now stands at 184,593.

The NCDC, which disclosed this on its official website handle on Thursday morning said the 1,149 include the 393 reported from Lagos on Tuesday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections was an increase from the 357 cases reported on Tuesday.

According to the NCDC, the surge is driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant and the low vaccination rate in the country.

It said that the number of known active cases in Nigeria stood at 14,619, an increase from the 13,756 cases reported on Tuesday.

The public health agency did not state the percentage of the Delta variant in the active cases in the country.

The NCDC stated that seven patients succumbed to the disease on Wednesday and this raised the country’s total fatalities to 2,236.

The centre appealed to Nigerians to be cautious as they engage in their daily activities, noting that the virus is not a respect a anyone.

NCDC urged Nigerians to take the vaccines, noting that it was still the safest way to curtail infection. (NAN)