Lagos State recorded more than half of the new Saturday infections with 483 cases.
NCAA has issued a directive imposing a fine of $3,500 per passenger on airlines that flout the newly revised COVID-19 provisional quarantine protocols.
197 infections were reported across five states and the FCT.
NCDC director-general Ifedayo Adetifa announced the two Omicron cases were discovered through genomic sequencing…linked…to two passengers from South Africa.
NCDC says it is analysing outbound and inbound travellers from countries with confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
The public health agency noted that with the zero fatalities recorded, the death toll from the virus still stands at 2,975.
Friday’s infections brought Nigeria’s tally to 213,487 cases out of the 3.4 million samples tested so far.
The new infections were recorded across 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
A total of 53 new cases were reported on Thursday across Nigeria, the NCDC said.
With the new fatalities recorded, the death toll from the virus now stands at 2,914.
