COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

1,544,008

Confirmed Cases

156,017

Active Cases

19,613

Discharged Cases

134,489

Death

1,915

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 55,848 1,837 53,601 410
FCT 19,234 7,175 11,913 146
Plateau 8,894 84 8,753 57
Kaduna 8,513 102 8,349 62
Oyo 6,734 977 5,647 110
Rivers 6,494 246 6,153 95
Edo 4,590 304 4,116 170
Ogun 4,396 682 3,668 46
Kano 3,753 160 3,489 104
Ondo 2,983 846 2,080 57
Kwara 2,931 579 2,301 51
Delta 2,576 767 1,744 65
Osun 2,433 316 2,067 50
Nasarawa 2,227 1,841 373 13
Gombe 2,051 98 1,910 43
Katsina 2,030 18 1,983 29
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 1,518 619 885 14
Imo 1,497 206 1,263 28
Borno 1,276 174 1,064 38
Bauchi 1,228 15 1,196 17
Benue 1,188 575 591 22
Niger 915 481 417 17
Taraba 804 146 636 22
Ekiti 802 85 707 10
Bayelsa 769 37 706 26
Sokoto 769 1 740 28
Adamawa 762 470 264 28
Jigawa 496 56 429 11
Kebbi 377 63 300 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 1st of March 2021, 360 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 156017 cases have been confirmed, 133904 cases have been discharged and 19015 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 360 new cases are reported from 19 states- Lagos (120), Edo (38), Kaduna (25), FCT (23),Imo (23), Delta (19), Akwa Ibom (17),Plateau (17) Rivers (16) Nasarawa (15), Kwara (13), Oyo (9), Ogun (8), Bauchi (4), Osun (4), Kano (3), Kebbi (3), Niger (2) and Katsina (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

One Year After: Nigeria’s COVID-19 Public Health Response FEBRUARY 2020 – JANUARY 2021 March 1, 2021
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
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