COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

2,727,834

Confirmed Cases

189,715

Active Cases

17,791

Discharged Cases

169,626

Death

2,298

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 71,672 12,640 58,561 471
FCT 20,513 406 19,932 175
Rivers 10,035 1,421 8,490 124
Kaduna 9,215 17 9,132 66
Plateau 9,145 31 9,055 59
Oyo 8,021 672 7,189 160
Edo 5,249 221 4,835 193
Ogun 5,213 174 4,965 74
Kano 4,037 7 3,920 110
Ondo 3,873 280 3,523 70
Akwa Ibom 3,812 672 3,108 32
Kwara 3,513 344 3,112 57
Delta 2,864 233 2,556 75
Osun 2,683 34 2,573 76
Enugu 2,541 -9 2,521 29
Nasarawa 2,414 30 2,345 39
Gombe 2,235 34 2,157 44
Katsina 2,164 29 2,100 35
Ebonyi 2,048 13 2,003 32
Anambra 2,043 56 1,968 19
Abia 1,792 4 1,764 24
Imo 1,710 22 1,650 38
Bauchi 1,553 2 1,534 17
Benue 1,410 -4 1,390 24
Ekiti 1,390 286 1,089 15
Borno 1,344 1 1,305 38
Adamawa 1,136 6 1,098 32
Taraba 1,062 27 1,011 24
Bayelsa 1,014 58 930 26
Niger 966 32 914 20
Sokoto 796 4 764 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 26th of August 2021, 835 new confirmed cases and 10 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 189175 cases have been confirmed, 169626 cases have been discharged and 2298 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 835 new cases are reported from 20 states- Rivers (263), Lagos (217), Oyo (128), Edo (45), Kwara (42), FCT (37), Ekiti (35), Ogun (13), Akwa Ibom (11), Imo (11), Bayelsa (10), Plateau (7), Delta (4), Kaduna (3), Benue (2), Niger (2), Sokoto (2), Abia (1), Ebonyi (1), and Nasarawa (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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