The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported of 1,617 new infections of COVID-19 Monday.
In a Twitter update via its verified handle, the government agency said there are now 112,004 confirmed cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Nigeria.
A total of 89,939 people it stated, have so far been discharged from hospital, while the number of deaths so far is 1,449.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the world faces a “catastrophic moral failure” because of unequal COVID-19 vaccine policies.
WHO head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said it was not fair for younger, healthy people in richer nations to get injections before vulnerable people in poorer states.
He said over 39 million vaccine doses had been given in 49 richer states – but one poor nation had only 25 doses.
According to the BBC, both the WHO and China were criticised for their COVID response.
An independent panel commissioned by the WHO said the UN public health body should have declared an international emergency earlier, and also rapped China for not taking public health measures sooner.
So far, China, India, Russia, the UK and the US have all developed Covid vaccines, with others being made by multinational teams – like the American-German Pfizer vaccine.
Almost all of these nations have prioritised distribution to their own populations.
Speaking at a WHO executive board session on Monday, Dr Tedros said, “I need to be blunt: the world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure – and the price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world’s poorest countries.”