COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

1,544,008

Confirmed Cases

156,496

Active Cases

19,437

Discharged Cases

135,136

Death

1,923

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 56,001 1,786 53,805 410
FCT 19,274 7,211 11,914 149
Plateau 8,911 101 8,753 57
Kaduna 8,531 95 8,374 62
Oyo 6,746 952 5,684 110
Rivers 6,544 259 6,190 95
Edo 4,607 286 4,151 170
Ogun 4,398 623 3,728 47
Kano 3,764 149 3,511 104
Ondo 2,983 846 2,080 57
Kwara 2,931 579 2,301 51
Delta 2,579 770 1,744 65
Osun 2,433 301 2,082 50
Nasarawa 2,234 1,848 373 13
Enugu 2,078 184 1,865 29
Gombe 2,051 56 1,952 43
Katsina 2,030 18 1,983 29
Ebonyi 1,881 303 1,547 31
Anambra 1,726 116 1,591 19
Abia 1,530 21 1,488 21
Akwa Ibom 1,519 595 910 14
Imo 1,497 206 1,263 28
Borno 1,292 190 1,064 38
Bauchi 1,232 19 1,196 17
Benue 1,188 575 591 22
Niger 917 483 417 17
Taraba 813 94 697 22
Ekiti 804 85 709 10
Bayelsa 772 40 706 26
Sokoto 769 1 740 28
Adamawa 762 470 264 28
Jigawa 496 56 429 11
Kebbi 377 63 300 14
Cross River 334 43 274 17
Yobe 268 17 242 9
Zamfara 219 -4 215 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 2nd of March 2021, 479 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 156496 cases have been confirmed, 134551 cases have been discharged and 1923 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 479 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (153), Enugu (75), Rivers (50), FCT (40), Kaduna (18), Ebonyi (17), Plateau (17), Edo (17), Borno (16), Oyo (12) Kano (11), Abia (10), Cross River (10), Taraba (9), Nasarawa (7), Bauchi (4), Bayelsa (3), Delta (3), Ekiti (2), Niger (2), Ogun (2) and Akwa Ibom (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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