Latest COVID-19 Update in Nigeria
Nigeria has recorded an additional 1598 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the epicenter of the dreaded virus, Lagos State has 461 cases, followed by FCT with 206 cases while Plateau has 197.
Others include Rivers-168, Kaduna-116, Anambra-53, Ogun-49, Ebonyi-47, Edo-42, Sokoto-32, Imo-31, Katsina-31, Oyo-30, Akwa Ibom-27, Delta-16, Kano-16, Abia-15, Niger-15, Ondo-11, Bayelsa-10, Borno-9, Kebbi-8, Ekiti-7, while Jigawa has once case.
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The latest discharge includes 430 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.
Confirmed Cases by State
States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lagos | 39,723 | 8,164 | 31,290 | 269 |
FCT | 14,544 | 6,588 | 7,845 | 111 |
Plateau | 6,617 | 686 | 5,884 | 47 |
Kaduna | 6,121 | 390 | 5,676 | 55 |
Oyo | 4,679 | 558 | 4,054 | 67 |
Rivers | 4,382 | 733 | 3,576 | 73 |
Edo | 3,246 | 303 | 2,819 | 124 |
Ogun | 2,831 | 330 | 2,464 | 37 |
Kano | 2,577 | 334 | 2,173 | 70 |
Delta | 2,102 | 313 | 1,737 | 52 |
Ondo | 2,070 | 219 | 1,809 | 42 |
Katsina | 1,723 | 52 | 1,644 | 27 |
Enugu | 1,583 | 187 | 1,375 | 21 |
Kwara | 1,566 | 199 | 1,335 | 32 |
Gombe | 1,489 | 197 | 1,251 | 41 |
Nasarawa | 1,269 | 931 | 325 | 13 |
Ebonyi | 1,206 | 104 | 1,072 | 30 |
Osun | 1,186 | 147 | 1,013 | 26 |
Abia | 1,129 | 104 | 1,014 | 11 |
Bauchi | 1,107 | 126 | 964 | 17 |
Borno | 859 | 85 | 738 | 36 |
Imo | 841 | 55 | 770 | 16 |
Sokoto | 677 | 230 | 421 | 26 |
Benue | 653 | 124 | 513 | 16 |
Akwa Ibom | 615 | 207 | 399 | 9 |
Bayelsa | 608 | 46 | 539 | 23 |
Niger | 547 | 133 | 400 | 14 |
Adamawa | 540 | 276 | 238 | 26 |
Anambra | 513 | 159 | 334 | 20 |
Ekiti | 466 | 51 | 408 | 7 |
Jigawa | 425 | 31 | 383 | 11 |
Taraba | 258 | 39 | 208 | 11 |
Kebbi | 248 | 32 | 203 | 13 |
Yobe | 207 | 20 | 179 | 8 |
Cross River | 169 | 0 | 157 | 12 |
Zamfara | 162 | 3 | 154 | 5 |
Kogi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |