COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

1,489,103

Confirmed Cases

153,187

Active Cases

21,279

Discharged Cases

130,034

Death

1,874

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 54,882 2,185 52,294 403
FCT 19,064 7,100 11,821 143
Plateau 8,833 114 8,662 57
Kaduna 8,379 203 8,114 62
Oyo 6,698 1,017 5,575 106
Rivers 6,342 325 5,925 92
Edo 4,474 669 3,647 158
Ogun 4,189 669 3,474 46
Kano 3,691 201 3,387 103
Ondo 2,944 807 2,080 57
Kwara 2,865 711 2,105 49
Delta 2,526 718 1,744 64
Osun 2,324 514 1,761 49
Nasarawa 2,197 1,811 373 13
Katsina 2,029 32 1,970 27
Gombe 2,027 102 1,882 43
Enugu 1,998 104 1,865 29
Ebonyi 1,839 300 1,508 31
Anambra 1,615 500 1,096 19
Abia 1,472 64 1,388 20
Imo 1,440 228 1,184 28
Akwa Ibom 1,429 675 740 14
Borno 1,242 272 932 38
Bauchi 1,221 8 1,196 17
Benue 1,188 575 591 22
Niger 912 478 417 17
Ekiti 777 120 648 9
Sokoto 768 2 738 28
Bayelsa 763 31 706 26
Adamawa 762 470 264 28
Taraba 693 138 535 20
Jigawa 496 56 429 11
Kebbi 349 35 300 14
Yobe 268 17 242 9
Cross River 267 32 223 12
Zamfara 219 -4 215 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 23rd of February 2021, 571 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 153187 cases have been confirmed, 129943 cases have been discharged and 1874 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 571 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos (170), Ogun (65), FCT (45), Kwara (34), Abia (32), Enugu (32), Kano (25), Oyo (22), Ondo (21), Rivers (19), Kaduna (19), Benue (18), Bayelsa (12), Kebbi (12), Nasarawa (11), Akwa Ibom (9), Delta (8), Ekiti (6), Niger (5), Bauchi (3) and Imo (3)
  • A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities
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Updates

STATEMENT ON VARIANTS OF SARS-COv-2 IN NIGERIA Feb. 19, 2021
Guidance for Integrated Safe School Re-opening Feb. 17, 2021
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) HEALTH PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2021 Feb. 1, 2021
Community Case Definitions for Coronavirus Disease 2019 January 2021 Feb. 1, 2021
Guideline on Social Distancing Jan. 28, 2021
Schematic flow for receiving and processing suspected SARS-CoV-2 specimens and result reporting Jan. 20, 2021
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