COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

2,648,684

Confirmed Cases

183,444

Active Cases

13,756

Discharged Cases

167,459

Death

2,229

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 68,663 9,669 58,529 465
FCT 20,267 295 19,799 173
Kaduna 9,199 9 9,124 66
Plateau 9,131 26 9,048 57
Rivers 8,824 936 7,782 106
Oyo 7,643 520 6,973 150
Ogun 5,081 255 4,757 69
Edo 5,023 61 4,776 186
Kano 4,035 7 3,918 110
Ondo 3,810 217 3,523 70
Akwa Ibom 3,511 777 2,702 32
Kwara 3,385 260 3,068 57
Delta 2,752 122 2,556 74
Osun 2,654 19 2,573 62
Enugu 2,538 8 2,501 29
Nasarawa 2,404 20 2,345 39
Gombe 2,228 34 2,150 44
Katsina 2,164 29 2,100 35
Ebonyi 2,047 12 2,003 32
Anambra 2,043 56 1,968 19
Abia 1,786 26 1,738 22
Imo 1,697 14 1,645 38
Bauchi 1,553 2 1,534 17
Benue 1,366 15 1,327 24
Borno 1,344 1 1,305 38
Ekiti 1,158 184 961 13
Adamawa 1,134 4 1,098 32
Taraba 1,059 30 1,005 24
Bayelsa 973 30 917 26
Niger 964 30 914 20
Sokoto 790 1 761 28
Jigawa 562 25 521 16
Yobe 499 0 490 9
Cross River 451 13 417 21
Kebbi 450 42 392 16
Zamfara 251 7 236 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 17th of August 2021, 357 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 183444 cases have been confirmed, 167459 cases have been discharged and 2229 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 357 new cases are reported from 12 states- Rivers(170), Ondo (38), Gombe (34), Ogun (20), Ekiti (20), FCT (18), Anambra (16), Oyo (13), Kwara (10), Imo (6), Bayelsa (6), Edo (6)
  • A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities
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Updates

Travel Portocol for Diplomats Aug. 16, 2021
Provisional Quarantine Protocol for Travellers Arriving in Nigeria July 1, 2021
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES FOR PHASED RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT May 11, 2021
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
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