The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that  the country recorded  437 COVID-19 cases across 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

This is the highest single-day count since the start of this week. Lagos state recorded 126 infections, which represented  28.83 percent of the latest figure.

Other states with  new cases comprise Rivers (76), Kwara (44), FCT (37), Edo (32), Kaduna (30), Anambra (22), Delta (22), Osun (12), Benue (7), Abia (6), Nasarawa (6), Kano (5), Ekiti (3), Plateau (3), Bayelsa (2), Ogun (2), and Oyo (2).

The agency said the 126 cases reported from Lagos are for September 28 (94 infections) and 29 (32 infections).

Twenty-two cases reported from Anambra are for September 28 (12 infections) and 29 (10 infections).

The NCDC said: "12 rather than 6 recoveries were erroneously reported for Jigawa on September 24."

Despite the spike recorded on Wednesday, 222 recoveries were  made 

NCDC's data showed that six persons died of the infection.

Nigeria now has a total number of 205,484 confirmed COVID-19 cases; 193,482 recoveries; and 2,701 deaths across the 36 states and the FCT.