 States across the country are struggling to curb the spread of COVID-19's Delta variant. The nation is now averaging more than 700 new cases, according to the NCDC. The NCDC added that the country registered 790 additional infections on Wednesday and that's a sharp increase from the 610 cases it registered a day earlier. Lagos states set a new record on Wednesday with 574 cases and infections in river state jumped to 83, Oundo 38, Ogun 31, or Yor 23, Delta 10, the FCT-9, IKT-7, Edo 6 and Oshun State 4. Anambra and Biasa recorded two cases each in Plateau State 1. Three states, Kano, Nassarawan, Sokoto reported zero cases. One new death was also recorded on Wednesday. Since the start of the pandemic, the fatality count is now 2,195. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.