COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

1,544,008

Confirmed Cases

156,963

Active Cases

19,212

Discharged Cases

135,812

Death

1,939

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 56,132 1,688 54,034 410
FCT 19,292 7,224 11,919 149
Plateau 8,916 106 8,753 57
Kaduna 8,600 163 8,374 63
Oyo 6,752 874 5,764 114
Rivers 6,556 227 6,234 95
Edo 4,611 285 4,151 175
Ogun 4,411 601 3,763 47
Kano 3,790 170 3,516 104
Ondo 3,006 869 2,080 57
Kwara 2,931 579 2,301 51
Delta 2,582 773 1,744 65
Osun 2,439 306 2,082 51
Nasarawa 2,237 1,851 373 13
Enugu 2,078 184 1,865 29
Katsina 2,060 1 2,025 34
Gombe 2,056 61 1,952 43
Ebonyi 1,881 303 1,547 31
Anambra 1,726 116 1,591 19
Akwa Ibom 1,552 583 955 14
Abia 1,533 24 1,488 21
Imo 1,528 93 1,407 28
Borno 1,297 195 1,064 38
Bauchi 1,232 19 1,196 17
Benue 1,188 575 591 22
Niger 917 483 417 17
Ekiti 813 94 709 10
Taraba 813 94 697 22
Bayelsa 772 25 721 26
Sokoto 769 1 740 28
Adamawa 762 470 264 28
Jigawa 496 56 429 11
Kebbi 388 51 323 14
Cross River 334 43 274 17
Yobe 288 28 251 9
Zamfara 220 -3 215 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 3rd of March 2021, 464 new confirmed cases and 16 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 156963 cases have been confirmed, 135831 cases have been discharged and 1939 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 464 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (131), Kaduna (69), Akwa Ibom (33), Imo (31), Katsina (30), Kano (26), Ondo (23), Yobe (20), FCT (18), Ogun (13), Rivers (12), Kebbi (11), Ekiti (9), Osun (6), Oyo (6), Borno (5), Gombe (5), Plateau (5), Edo (4), Abia (3), Delta (3) and Zamfara (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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