COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

2,779,725

Confirmed Cases

193,013

Active Cases

11,533

Discharged Cases

179,000

Death

2,480

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 73,093 5,928 66,561 604
FCT 20,624 442 20,006 176
Rivers 10,591 1,291 9,168 132
Kaduna 9,237 31 9,140 66
Plateau 9,205 90 9,055 60
Oyo 8,156 692 7,300 164
Edo 5,462 371 4,895 196
Ogun 5,262 130 5,056 76
Kano 4,050 19 3,921 110
Akwa Ibom 4,028 786 3,200 42
Ondo 3,968 322 3,575 71
Kwara 3,562 391 3,112 59
Delta 2,971 332 2,556 83
Osun 2,711 47 2,585 79
Enugu 2,558 -2 2,531 29
Nasarawa 2,414 30 2,345 39
Gombe 2,258 23 2,191 44
Katsina 2,164 29 2,100 35
Anambra 2,075 60 1,996 19
Ebonyi 2,048 13 2,003 32
Abia 1,795 6 1,764 25
Imo 1,710 22 1,650 38
Bauchi 1,553 2 1,534 17
Ekiti 1,466 282 1,165 19
Benue 1,422 -1 1,399 24
Borno 1,344 0 1,306 38
Adamawa 1,136 6 1,098 32
Bayelsa 1,071 103 941 27
Taraba 1,062 27 1,011 24
Niger 966 32 914 20
Sokoto 796 2 766 28
Jigawa 564 3 545 16
Yobe 501 2 490 9
Cross River 476 13 442 21
Kebbi 458 9 433 16
Zamfara 251 0 243 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 1st of September 2021, 582 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 193013 cases have been confirmed, 179000 cases have been discharged and 2480 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 582 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos (175), Rivers (124), Edo (60), Delta (57), Akwa Ibom (44), Anambra (25), Bayelsa (22), Gombe (19), Ekiti (12), FCT (12), Kaduna (11), Kano (6), Benue (5), Plateau (5), Ogun (3), and Jigawa (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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