COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

2,727,834

Confirmed Cases

190,333

Active Cases

18,210

Discharged Cases

169,815

Death

2,308

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 71,984 12,948 58,561 475
FCT 20,524 417 19,932 175
Rivers 10,082 1,340 8,617 125
Kaduna 9,216 17 9,133 66
Plateau 9,165 51 9,055 59
Oyo 8,025 675 7,189 161
Edo 5,320 292 4,835 193
Ogun 5,216 159 4,982 75
Kano 4,037 7 3,920 110
Akwa Ibom 3,901 761 3,108 32
Ondo 3,873 280 3,523 70
Kwara 3,526 357 3,112 57
Delta 2,879 248 2,556 75
Osun 2,691 39 2,573 79
Enugu 2,541 -9 2,521 29
Nasarawa 2,414 30 2,345 39
Gombe 2,236 1 2,191 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 1,413 -1 1,390 24
Ekiti 1,410 296 1,099 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 27th of August 2021, 618 new confirmed cases and 10 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 190,333 cases have been confirmed, 169815 cases have been discharged and 2308 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 618 new cases are reported from 15 states- Lagos (312),Akwa Ibom (89), Edo (71), Rivers (47), Ekiti (20), Plateau (20), Delta (15), Kwara (13), FCT (11), Osun (8), Oyo (4), Ogun (3), Benue (3), Gombe (1) and Kaduna (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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