COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

2,727,834

Confirmed Cases

188,880

Active Cases

17,210

Discharged Cases

169,382

Death

2,288

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 71,455 12,423 58,561 471
FCT 20,476 380 19,922 174
Rivers 9,772 1,275 8,376 121
Kaduna 9,214 17 9,131 66
Plateau 9,138 24 9,055 59
Oyo 7,893 552 7,183 158
Edo 5,204 189 4,825 190
Ogun 5,200 179 4,947 74
Kano 4,037 7 3,920 110
Ondo 3,873 280 3,523 70
Akwa Ibom 3,801 721 3,048 32
Kwara 3,471 302 3,112 57
Delta 2,860 229 2,556 75
Osun 2,683 34 2,573 76
Enugu 2,541 -9 2,521 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 1,408 -6 1,390 24
Ekiti 1,355 263 1,077 15
Borno 1,344 1 1,305 38
Adamawa 1,136 6 1,098 32
Taraba 1,062 27 1,011 24
Bayelsa 1,004 50 928 26
Niger 964 30 914 20
Sokoto 794 4 762 28
Jigawa 562 25 521 16
Yobe 501 2 490 9
Cross River 475 12 442 21
Kebbi 458 9 433 16
Zamfara 251 0 243 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 25th of August 2021, 637 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 188880 cases have been confirmed, 169382 cases have been discharged and 2288 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 637 new cases are reported from 19 states- Lagos (322), Rivers (70), Edo (54), Delta (34), Akwa Ibom (31), Kwara (31), FCT (29), Ekiti (17), Ogun (14), Osun (10), Kebbi (8), Cross River (5), Plateau (3), Taraba (3), Kaduna (2), Bayelsa (2), Benue (1), Enugu (1), and Kano (1)
  • 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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