Latest COVID-19 Nigeria Update

Nigeria has recorded over 30,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 after recording an additional 653 cases in the last 24 hours.

According to the information released by the Nigeria Centre Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos has 115 cases, followed by Kwara with 85  and Enugu with 80. Others are FCT-78, Rivers-36, Ondo-35, Oyo-30, Katsina-28, Kaduna-19, Abia-19, Nasarawa-18, Plateau-17, Imo-16, Ogun-9, Ebonyi-9, Benue-9, Kano-9, Delta-8, Bauchi-7, Ekiti-6, Gombe-4, Bayelsa-4, Adamawa-4, Osun-4, Cross River,Yobe, Borno, and Zamfara with one each.

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From 209,446 tests conducted so far, 36,107 have returned positive with 20,391 still active while the number of discharged rose to 14,938. The death rate hits 778.

COVID-19 Update in Nigeria as at July 19, 2020

Confirmed Cases by State

States AffectedNo. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)No. of Cases (on admission)No. DischargedNo. of Deaths
Lagos13,34111,2071,958176
FCT2,9572,04287639
Oyo2,1061,0101,07620
Edo1,8856151,20862
Rivers1,51647699248
Delta1,42375663037
Kano1,3952421,10053
Ogun1,16831283422
Kaduna1,11827782912
Ondo91274814321
Katsina69723344123
Enugu67529836017
Ebonyi6558655712
Plateau62032927516
Borno5986050335
Gombe5442949322
Kwara53533318814
Bauchi5291050613
Abia4791113653
Imo452360839
Osun3322239910
Jigawa322330811
Bayelsa32212717520
Nasarawa2721511138
Benue194144446
Akwa Ibom162381213
Sokoto153013716
Niger151321127
Anambra118416710
Adamawa11524838
Kebbi887747
Ekiti8435472
Zamfara771715
Yobe643538
Taraba3019110
Cross River13931
Kogi5032

 

South-West records 50% of COVID-19 cases, 32% deaths

The South-West region of Nigeria has recorded 17,744 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the country. This represents 50 percent of the 35,454 total cases nationwide as of Friday. July 17.

The COVID-19 situation report by the NCDC shows that the South-West also recorded 4,016 (27.4%) out of the 14,633 discharged nationwide, and 249 (32.3%) out of 772 deaths in the country.

In the region, Lagos, the epicenter of the dreaded virus in Nigeria had the most number of cases at 13,226. The NCDC said 1,958 had been discharged while 176 had died.

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The South-South followed with over 5,200 cases, representing 15 percent of total COVID-19 cases and over 160 deaths (22%).

The North Central is third on the list with over 4,300 cases (12%), including more than 1,500 discharged (10.8%) and over 90 deaths (11.9%).

The North-West has over 3,700 confirmed cases in total (10.6%) with over 2,800 discharged (19.6%) and over 125 deaths (16.5%).

The South-East had over 2,200 total cases (6.3%), with over 1,370 discharged (9.5%) and more than 40 deaths (6.2%) while the North-East was the least endemic region with over 1,800 cases (5.3%), over 1,580 discharged (11%) and more than 85 deaths (11%).

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