COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

2,779,725

Confirmed Cases

191,345

Active Cases

10,608

Discharged Cases

178,283

Death

2,454

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 72,445 5,280 66,561 604
FCT 20,534 423 19,936 175
Rivers 10,169 1,273 8,769 127
Kaduna 9,225 24 9,135 66
Plateau 9,179 65 9,055 59
Oyo 8,082 673 7,247 162
Edo 5,341 255 4,891 195
Ogun 5,244 167 5,001 76
Kano 4,044 13 3,921 110
Akwa Ibom 3,984 742 3,200 42
Ondo 3,968 322 3,575 71
Kwara 3,556 387 3,112 57
Delta 2,914 283 2,556 75
Osun 2,691 39 2,573 79
Enugu 2,556 -4 2,531 29
Nasarawa 2,414 30 2,345 39
Gombe 2,239 4 2,191 44
Katsina 2,164 29 2,100 35
Ebonyi 2,048 13 2,003 32
Anambra 2,046 59 1,968 19
Abia 1,794 6 1,764 24
Imo 1,710 22 1,650 38
Bauchi 1,553 2 1,534 17
Ekiti 1,447 313 1,119 15
Benue 1,413 -1 1,390 24
Borno 1,344 1 1,305 38
Adamawa 1,136 6 1,098 32
Taraba 1,062 27 1,011 24
Bayelsa 1,029 73 930 26
Niger 966 32 914 20
Sokoto 796 2 766 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 29th of August 2021, 362 new confirmed cases and 93 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 191345 cases have been confirmed, 178283 cases have been discharged and 2454 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 362 new cases are reported from 15 states-Lagos (200), Oyo (33), Kwara (30), Akwa Ibom (24), Ogun (17), Delta (15), Ekiti (15), Plateau (7), Rivers (7), FCT (5), Anambra (3), Edo (3), Bayelsa (1), Kaduna (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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