COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

1,489,103

Confirmed Cases

153,842

Active Cases

21,116

Discharged Cases

130,818

Death

1,885

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 55,122 2,128 52,591 403
FCT 19,115 7,145 11,827 143
Plateau 8,854 109 8,688 57
Kaduna 8,422 217 8,143 62
Oyo 6,708 1,012 5,586 110
Rivers 6,398 316 5,990 92
Edo 4,491 589 3,740 162
Ogun 4,277 728 3,503 46
Kano 3,716 208 3,405 103
Ondo 2,944 807 2,080 57
Kwara 2,875 682 2,144 49
Delta 2,539 730 1,744 65
Osun 2,326 496 1,780 50
Nasarawa 2,208 1,822 373 13
Gombe 2,031 106 1,882 43
Katsina 2,029 32 1,970 27
Enugu 1,998 104 1,865 29
Ebonyi 1,839 300 1,508 31
Anambra 1,615 500 1,096 19
Abia 1,487 71 1,396 20
Imo 1,440 228 1,184 28
Akwa Ibom 1,439 678 747 14
Borno 1,247 145 1,064 38
Bauchi 1,221 8 1,196 17
Benue 1,188 575 591 22
Niger 912 478 417 17
Ekiti 779 121 648 10
Sokoto 768 2 738 28
Bayelsa 767 35 706 26
Adamawa 762 470 264 28
Taraba 712 129 563 20
Jigawa 496 56 429 11
Kebbi 358 44 300 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 24th of February 2021, 655 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 153842 cases have been confirmed, 130818 cases have been discharged and 1885 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 655 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos (240), Ogun (88), Rivers (56), FCT (51), Kaduna (43), Kano (25), Plateau (21), Taraba (19), Edo (17), Abia (15), Delta (13), Nasarawa (11), Akwa Ibom (10), Kwara (10), Oyo (10), Kebbi (9), Borno (5), Bayelsa (4), Gombe (4), Ekiti (2), and Osun (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

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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