COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

1,489,103

Confirmed Cases

155,657

Active Cases

19,909

Discharged Cases

133,841

Death

1,907

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 55,728 1,798 53,520 410
FCT 19,211 7,223 11,843 145
Plateau 8,877 102 8,718 57
Kaduna 8,488 100 8,326 62
Oyo 6,725 978 5,637 110
Rivers 6,478 268 6,116 94
Edo 4,552 379 4,007 166
Ogun 4,388 738 3,604 46
Kano 3,750 172 3,474 104
Ondo 2,983 846 2,080 57
Kwara 2,918 566 2,301 51
Delta 2,557 748 1,744 65
Osun 2,429 418 1,961 50
Nasarawa 2,212 1,826 373 13
Gombe 2,051 98 1,910 43
Katsina 2,029 32 1,970 27
Enugu 2,003 109 1,865 29
Ebonyi 1,864 286 1,547 31
Anambra 1,726 116 1,591 19
Abia 1,520 72 1,427 21
Akwa Ibom 1,501 637 850 14
Imo 1,474 183 1,263 28
Borno 1,276 174 1,064 38
Bauchi 1,224 11 1,196 17
Benue 1,188 575 591 22
Niger 913 479 417 17
Taraba 804 146 636 22
Ekiti 802 135 657 10
Bayelsa 769 37 706 26
Sokoto 769 1 740 28
Adamawa 762 470 264 28
Jigawa 496 56 429 11
Kebbi 374 60 300 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 28th of February 2021, 240 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 155657 cases have been confirmed, 133768 cases have been discharged and 1907 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 240 new cases are reported from 13 states- Anambra (85), Lagos (82), Osun (17), Ogun (10), Kwara (9), FCT (8), Kano (7), Abia (6), Ekiti(5), Borno (4), Edo (2), Bayelsa (2) Kaduna (2) and Rivers(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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