COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

2,779,725

Confirmed Cases

195,511

Active Cases

8,429

Discharged Cases

184,530

Death

2,552

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 73,906 2,643 70,618 645
FCT 20,684 491 20,017 176
Rivers 10,765 1,004 9,624 137
Kaduna 9,280 64 9,150 66
Plateau 9,214 76 9,077 61
Oyo 8,358 750 7,440 168
Edo 5,671 522 4,949 200
Ogun 5,300 100 5,122 78
Ondo 4,148 272 3,800 76
Akwa Ibom 4,135 738 3,355 42
Kano 4,101 64 3,926 111
Kwara 3,647 381 3,207 59
Delta 3,027 386 2,556 85
Osun 2,749 80 2,585 84
Enugu 2,563 3 2,531 29
Nasarawa 2,424 40 2,345 39
Gombe 2,267 32 2,191 44
Katsina 2,214 50 2,129 35
Anambra 2,108 32 2,057 19
Ebonyi 2,048 13 2,003 32
Abia 1,859 63 1,771 25
Imo 1,721 33 1,650 38
Bauchi 1,568 13 1,538 17
Ekiti 1,549 268 1,260 21
Benue 1,464 41 1,399 24
Borno 1,344 -1 1,307 38
Adamawa 1,136 6 1,098 32
Bayelsa 1,103 115 961 27
Taraba 1,062 27 1,011 24
Niger 994 60 914 20
Sokoto 796 2 766 28
Jigawa 573 12 545 16
Cross River 516 36 459 21
Yobe 501 2 490 9
Kebbi 458 9 433 16
Zamfara 253 2 243 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • The 459 new cases are reported from 19 states- Lagos (185), Abia (38), Oyo (38), Akwa Ibom (33), Cross River (33), Osun (24), Ekiti (23), Benue (15), Kwara (14), Kano (12), Delta (10), FCT (10), Edo (9), Kaduna (5), Ogun (3), Kastina (2), Nasarawa (2), Rivers (2), and Bayelsa (1)
  • A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities
  • On the 5th of September 2021, 459 new confirmed cases and 30 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 195511 cases have been confirmed, 184529 cases have been discharged and 2552 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
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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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