Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- At least 14 people died from COVID-19 on Thursday in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced Thursday night.

The latest death toll which indicated a sharp rise from the five deaths reported on Wednesday raised the fatality in the country to 1,632.

On Thursday, Nigeria also reported 1,340 new infections in 22 states raising the country's total confirmed cases to 136,030.

Nigeria's daily COVID-19 infections have averaged over 1,000 since the beginning of this year, indicating how fast the disease has spread compared to when the country recorded its first case of the virus in February last year.

There has been a spike in daily cases in Nigeria since early December. The adverse impact has been m...