Nigeria, June 9 -- For the second day running, Ondo State, South-west Nigeria, has topped the chart of the newly confirmed coronavirus infections in the country with 68 new cases out of 102 confirmed cases across nine states on Tuesday.

The state had on Monday recorded 30 cases out of total 49 cases reported in the country.

According to an update by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) on its website on Wednesday morning, the new figure indicates an increase from the 49 cases recorded a day earlier and ranks highest daily infection tally in the last six days.

A higher figure was recorded on Thursday when 122 new cases were found in five states.

The fatality toll still remains 2,117 as no new death was recorded on Tuesday, the...