COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

2,884,034

Confirmed Cases

197,046

Active Cases

9,089

Discharged Cases

185,379

Death

2,578

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 74,480 3,200 70,630 650
FCT 20,784 544 20,062 178
Rivers 10,981 786 10,058 137
Kaduna 9,306 79 9,161 66
Plateau 9,224 79 9,084 61
Oyo 8,455 780 7,493 182
Edo 5,750 591 4,957 202
Ogun 5,319 97 5,143 79
Akwa Ibom 4,172 693 3,437 42
Ondo 4,148 272 3,800 76
Kano 4,107 66 3,930 111
Kwara 3,671 405 3,207 59
Delta 3,081 440 2,556 85
Osun 2,761 49 2,627 85
Enugu 2,675 112 2,534 29
Nasarawa 2,424 40 2,345 39
Gombe 2,289 22 2,223 44
Katsina 2,214 50 2,129 35
Anambra 2,123 47 2,057 19
Ebonyi 2,048 13 2,003 32
Abia 1,859 63 1,771 25
Imo 1,721 33 1,650 38
Ekiti 1,609 276 1,311 22
Bauchi 1,568 13 1,538 17
Benue 1,469 42 1,403 24
Borno 1,344 0 1,306 38
Adamawa 1,153 23 1,098 32
Bayelsa 1,120 101 992 27
Taraba 1,062 27 1,011 24
Niger 1,001 67 914 20
Sokoto 796 2 766 28
Jigawa 573 12 545 16
Cross River 542 52 469 21
Yobe 501 2 490 9
Kebbi 458 9 433 16
Zamfara 253 2 243 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 8th of September 2021, 559 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 197046 cases have been confirmed, 185379 cases have been discharged and 2578 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 559 new cases are reported from 15 states- Lagos (232), Rivers (83), Enugu (66), Oyo (28), Kaduna (25), FCT (24), Delta (22), Akwa Ibom (19), Kwara (18), Ekiti (13), Bayelsa (9), Cross River (9), Ogun (6), Kano (3) and Gombe (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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