COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

1,489,103

Confirmed Cases

155,076

Active Cases

20,608

Discharged Cases

132,566

Death

1,902

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 55,550 2,112 53,031 407
FCT 19,186 7,208 11,834 144
Plateau 8,874 99 8,718 57
Kaduna 8,453 230 8,161 62
Oyo 6,717 1,006 5,601 110
Rivers 6,436 264 6,078 94
Edo 4,529 517 3,846 166
Ogun 4,377 774 3,557 46
Kano 3,732 185 3,443 104
Ondo 2,968 831 2,080 57
Kwara 2,901 582 2,268 51
Delta 2,556 747 1,744 65
Osun 2,392 417 1,925 50
Nasarawa 2,212 1,826 373 13
Gombe 2,040 115 1,882 43
Katsina 2,029 32 1,970 27
Enugu 2,000 106 1,865 29
Ebonyi 1,864 286 1,547 31
Anambra 1,641 207 1,415 19
Abia 1,514 67 1,427 20
Akwa Ibom 1,484 643 827 14
Imo 1,464 173 1,263 28
Borno 1,266 164 1,064 38
Bauchi 1,224 11 1,196 17
Benue 1,188 575 591 22
Niger 912 478 417 17
Taraba 804 146 636 22
Ekiti 788 124 654 10
Sokoto 769 1 740 28
Bayelsa 767 35 706 26
Adamawa 762 470 264 28
Jigawa 496 56 429 11
Kebbi 365 51 300 14
Cross River 324 57 254 13
Yobe 268 17 242 9
Zamfara 219 -4 215 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 26th of February 2021, 600 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 155076 cases have been confirmed, 132544 cases have been discharged and 1902 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 600 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos (169), Taraba (92), Ogun (65), Cross River (57), FCT (38), Rivers (28), Kwara (26), Akwa Ibom (25), Osun (21), Plateau (12), Borno (9), Gombe (9), Abia (8), Ebonyi (8), Ekiti (7), Kano (7), Delta (6), Oyo (6), Bauchi (3), Nasarawa (3), and Sokoto (1)
  • 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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