COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

1,544,008

Confirmed Cases

157,671

Active Cases

19,385

Discharged Cases

136,335

Death

1,951

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 56,273 1,552 54,307 414
FCT 19,313 7,244 11,919 150
Plateau 8,939 99 8,783 57
Kaduna 8,610 173 8,374 63
Oyo 6,757 862 5,781 114
Rivers 6,597 247 6,253 97
Edo 4,641 315 4,151 175
Ogun 4,416 552 3,817 47
Kano 3,810 190 3,516 104
Ondo 3,066 928 2,080 58
Kwara 2,931 579 2,301 51
Delta 2,582 773 1,744 65
Osun 2,444 284 2,108 52
Nasarawa 2,247 1,861 373 13
Enugu 2,078 184 1,865 29
Katsina 2,060 1 2,025 34
Gombe 2,010 15 1,952 43
Ebonyi 1,928 350 1,547 31
Anambra 1,780 170 1,591 19
Akwa Ibom 1,572 572 986 14
Abia 1,555 46 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
Adamawa 942 641 270 31
Niger 917 483 417 17
Taraba 846 82 742 22
Ekiti 823 102 711 10
Bayelsa 779 13 740 26
Sokoto 769 0 741 28
Jigawa 496 56 429 11
Kebbi 398 61 323 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 4th of March 2021, 709 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 157671 cases have been confirmed, 136335 cases have been discharged and 1951 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 709 new cases are reported from 21 states- Adamawa (180), Lagos (141), Ondo (60), Anambra (54), Rivers (41), Taraba (33), Edo (30), Abia (22), Kaduna (22), FCT (21), Akwa Ibom (20), Kano (20), Plateau (11), Ekiti (10), Kebbi (10), Nasarawa (10), Bayelsa (7), Ogun (5), Osun (5), Oyo (5), and Gombe (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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