Latest COVID-19 Nigeria Update
- 298 new confirmed cases and 1 death were recorded in Nigeria.
Nigeria is about hit the 50,000-mark of confirmed cases of COVID-19.
This is following the announcement of 298 new cases in the last 24 hours by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
According to the government agency, Plateau state has new 108 cases, followed by Kaduna with 49 and Lagos the epicenter with 47. Others include Ogun-18, Osun-17, FCT-15, Ondo-14, Edo-8, Oyo-6, Akwa Ibom-4, Cross River-4, Borno-3, Ekiti-2, while Bauchi, Kano, and Rivers states have one case each.
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Out of 49,068 confirmed cases, 36,497 patients have been discharged while 975 deaths have been recorded so far.
Confirmed Cases by State
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagos | 16,503 | 1,835 | 14,467 | 201 |
| FCT | 4,729 | 3,331 | 1,352 | 46 |
| Oyo | 2,958 | 1,344 | 1,581 | 33 |
| Edo | 2,431 | 173 | 2,158 | 100 |
| Rivers | 2,006 | 140 | 1,810 | 56 |
| Plateau | 1,816 | 969 | 823 | 24 |
| Kaduna | 1,815 | 208 | 1,595 | 12 |
| Kano | 1,679 | 259 | 1,366 | 54 |
| Delta | 1,639 | 155 | 1,440 | 44 |
| Ogun | 1,563 | 209 | 1,329 | 25 |
| Ondo | 1,395 | 593 | 774 | 28 |
| Enugu | 997 | 168 | 810 | 19 |
| Ebonyi | 931 | 52 | 852 | 27 |
| Kwara | 906 | 242 | 641 | 23 |
| Osun | 754 | 321 | 419 | 14 |
| Katsina | 746 | 265 | 457 | 24 |
| Borno | 706 | 93 | 577 | 36 |
| Abia | 677 | 126 | 546 | 5 |
| Gombe | 676 | 74 | 579 | 23 |
| Bauchi | 583 | 31 | 538 | 14 |
| Imo | 506 | 328 | 168 | 10 |
| Benue | 430 | 282 | 139 | 9 |
| Nasarawa | 374 | 90 | 272 | 12 |
| Bayelsa | 352 | 10 | 321 | 21 |
| Jigawa | 322 | 3 | 308 | 11 |
| Akwa Ibom | 250 | 34 | 208 | 8 |
| Niger | 229 | 49 | 168 | 12 |
| Ekiti | 206 | 105 | 98 | 3 |
| Adamawa | 185 | 54 | 119 | 12 |
| Anambra | 156 | 7 | 131 | 18 |
| Sokoto | 154 | 0 | 138 | 16 |
| Kebbi | 90 | 0 | 82 | 8 |
| Taraba | 78 | 19 | 55 | 4 |
| Zamfara | 77 | 1 | 71 | 5 |
| Cross River | 77 | 24 | 45 | 8 |
| Yobe | 67 | 2 | 57 | 8 |
| Kogi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
