With the latest update, the total tally of infected people in the country rose to 18, 480 from 17, 735 reported on Wednesday evening.
Previously, the highest daily COVID-19 cases was 681, which was recorded on June 12.
The new cases as recorded in states on Thursday are as follows:
Lagos -280 Oyo -103 Ebonyi -72 FCT-60 Imo-46 Edo-34 Delta-33 Rivers-25 Kaduna-23 Ondo -16 Katsina-12 Kano-10 Bauchi -8 Borno-7 Kwara-5 Gombe-4 Sokoto-2 Enugu-2 Yobe-1 Osun -1 Nasarawa -1
