The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control {NCDC} announced 1565 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the country on Thursday, January 7, as the second wave of the deadly virus continues to build-up and COVID-19 cases gradually increase, with Lagos State recording the highest hit yet. 
The health agency gave a breakdown of the new cases as follows;Â Lagos-807, FCT-236, Kaduna-79, Oyo-57, Plateau-47, Rivers-37, Katsina-35, Edo-30, Sokoto-30, Delta-26, Kebbi-23, Ondo-20, Enugu-18, Abia-17, Ogun-17, Benue-16, Bayelsa-15, Bauchi-14, Niger-13, Kano-10, Borno-6, Imo-5, Ekiti-4, Osun-2, Jigawa-1. 
There are now 95, 934 confirmed cases of the disease in the country and 1330 deaths have been recorded. 77,982 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.
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