COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

1,270,523

Confirmed Cases

127,560

Active Cases

24,499

Discharged Cases

101,511

Death

1,550

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 47,471 8,311 38,858 302
FCT 16,470 5,381 10,964 125
Plateau 7,801 775 6,973 53
Kaduna 7,512 623 6,832 57
Oyo 5,308 1,122 4,110 76
Rivers 5,175 728 4,368 79
Edo 3,721 585 3,000 136
Ogun 3,277 569 2,666 42
Kano 2,913 346 2,491 76
Delta 2,300 511 1,737 52
Ondo 2,222 175 2,000 47
Kwara 1,923 344 1,540 39
Katsina 1,838 110 1,701 27
Nasarawa 1,758 1,420 325 13
Enugu 1,738 296 1,421 21
Gombe 1,591 132 1,417 42
Osun 1,474 322 1,120 32
Ebonyi 1,393 166 1,197 30
Abia 1,220 114 1,094 12
Bauchi 1,141 39 1,085 17
Imo 1,046 238 790 18
Borno 900 90 774 36
Benue 829 266 543 20
Anambra 807 454 334 19
Akwa Ibom 789 307 472 10
Sokoto 718 25 667 26
Niger 688 257 417 14
Bayelsa 661 74 563 24
Adamawa 631 363 240 28
Ekiti 534 91 435 8
Jigawa 457 56 390 11
Taraba 367 119 233 15
Kebbi 267 51 203 13
Yobe 221 14 199 8
Zamfara 199 21 170 8
Cross River 195 4 179 12
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 28th of January 2021, 1400 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 127560 cases have been confirmed, 101511 cases have been discharged and 1550 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 1400 new cases are reported from 25 states- Lagos(536), FCT (129), Anambra (87), Rivers (82), Benue (80), Oyo (76), Plateau (61), Kaduna (54), Delta (51), Nasarawa (38), Kwara (36), Edo (32), Katsina (26), Kano (24), Taraba (18), Ogun (14), Sokoto (11), Gombe (10), Jigawa (7), Akwa Ibom (6), Cross River (6), Zamfara (5), Bauchi (5), Osun (4), and Ekiti (2)
  • A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities
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Updates

Guideline on Social Distancing Jan. 28, 2021
Schematic flow for receiving and processing suspected SARS-CoV-2 specimens and result reporting Jan. 20, 2021
Case Definitions for Coronavirus Disease None
COVID-19 Patient’s Handbook for Home-Based Care in Nigeria Jan. 26, 2021
Case Definitions for Corona Virus Disease January 2021 Jan. 25, 2021
Guidance for the use of approved COVID-19 Ag RDTs in Nigeria Jan. 17, 2021
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