The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 381 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 3,526.
The agency confirmed this in a tweet on Thursday night, saying it is the highest number of cases recorded in a single day in the country.
The NCDC also said that Nigeria recorded four deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 107.
The agency said that the new cases recorded were in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
NCDC said that of the new cases, 183 were in Lagos, 55 are in Kano, 44 in Jigawa while 19 each are in Zamfara and Bauchi.
Among others were: 11 in Katsina, nine in Borno, eight in Kwara, seven in Kaduna, six in Gombe, five in Ogun, four in Sokoto, three each in Oyo and in Rivers, two in Niger and one each in Akwa-Ibom, Enugu and Plateau states.
According to NCDC, as of 11.20pm, May 7, 2020 Nigeria has 2818 active cases of COVID-19 while 601 people have been discharged.
The centre said the continuous increase in number of infections rose due to the increased capacity for testing across the country.
The agency has conducted 22,492 tests as of May 6, this represents the daily average of 321 tests.
The cumulative per cent positive is 13.9 per cent.
The agency conducted 68 per cent of all tests in the last 20 days while 32 per cent of all tests were conducted in the first 50 days.
The agency also increased its testing capacity from one laboratory to 18 in 70 days.
