COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

2,727,834

Confirmed Cases

187,588

Active Cases

16,494

Discharged Cases

168,818

Death

2,276

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 70,845 11,813 58,561 471
FCT 20,419 371 19,874 174
Rivers 9,514 1,183 8,214 117
Kaduna 9,205 13 9,126 66
Plateau 9,135 22 9,055 58
Oyo 7,829 511 7,163 155
Ogun 5,186 221 4,891 74
Edo 5,133 127 4,816 190
Kano 4,036 8 3,918 110
Ondo 3,873 280 3,523 70
Akwa Ibom 3,739 764 2,943 32
Kwara 3,441 272 3,112 57
Delta 2,826 195 2,556 75
Osun 2,673 28 2,573 72
Enugu 2,540 10 2,501 29
Nasarawa 2,413 29 2,345 39
Gombe 2,235 34 2,157 44
Katsina 2,164 29 2,100 35
Ebonyi 2,047 12 2,003 32
Anambra 2,043 56 1,968 19
Abia 1,791 8 1,760 23
Imo 1,697 14 1,645 38
Bauchi 1,553 2 1,534 17
Benue 1,407 56 1,327 24
Borno 1,344 1 1,305 38
Ekiti 1,317 229 1,073 15
Adamawa 1,136 6 1,098 32
Taraba 1,059 30 1,005 24
Bayelsa 991 45 920 26
Niger 964 30 914 20
Sokoto 794 4 762 28
Jigawa 562 25 521 16
Yobe 501 2 490 9
Cross River 470 15 434 21
Kebbi 450 42 392 16
Zamfara 251 7 236 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 23rd of August 2021, 565 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 187588 cases have been confirmed, 168818 cases have been discharged and 2276 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 565 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos (205), Rivers (73), Ondo (63), FCT (53), Oyo (53), Ekiti (37), Delta (24), Edo (20), Benue (12), Bayelsa (6), Kwara (6), Osun (6), Ogun (5), and Adamawa (2)
  • A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities
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Updates

GUIDANCE FOR SETUP OF A MOLECULAR LABORATORY FOR COVID19 TESTING_V1 2021 Aug. 23, 2021
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
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