COVID-19: Nigeria records fresh one death, 99 cases

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed a record of 99 new cases and additional two deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The recent spike was disclosed on the NCDC’s daily COVID-19 report this morning.

Report has it that 99 additional cases reported on Tuesday indicate an increase from the 90 cases reported in the country the previous day.

The national public health institute responsible for protecting Nigerians from communicable diseases, including the highly-infectious COVID-19, said that with the increased number of fatalities recorded, the death toll from the virus in Nigeria now stands at 2,899.