Nigeria Records 304 More COVID-19 Cases, Three Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 304 new cases of COVID-19 across 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

In its latest update on the pandemic, the agency disclosed that three more infected people lost the fight against the disease.

The NCDC did not report any new case for Lagos which is the epicentre of the pandemic in the country.

Rivers State recorded 154 more cases – the highest number of daily infections – among the states with new cases – on Friday.

It was followed by Ekiti where 33 new infections were reported, while Edo and Abuja recorded 20 and 18 more cases, respectively.

Others are Oyo – 17, Cross River – 15, Delta – 15, Akwa Ibom – 13, Ogun – 11, Bayelsa – four, Sokoto – two, Gombe – one, and Nasarawa – one.

Since the country recorded its first cases in February 2020, the NCDC has confirmed a total of 185,571 cases from the 2,648,684 tested so far.

Of the figure, 168,124 people who tested positive to the disease have recovered and have been discharged while the nation’s death toll stands at 2,247.

Amid the third wave of the pandemic, the Federal Government has called on the people to continue to adhere to the measures put in place to curb the spread of the disease.

Similarly, the government has received more donations of vaccines from various international bodies and flagged off the second phase of the vaccination exercise in its bid to attain herd immunity of the Nigerian population.

See the breakdown of cases according to states below:

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	69,698	10,704	58,529	465
FCT	20,357	383	19,801	173
Rivers	9,222	1,116	7,997	109
Kaduna	9,203	12	9,125	66
Plateau	9,135	23	9,055	57
Oyo	7,748	480	7,116	152
Ogun	5,156	287	4,798	71
Edo	5,101	135	4,777	189
Kano	4,036	8	3,918	110
Ondo	3,810	217	3,523	70
Akwa Ibom	3,650	725	2,893	32
Kwara	3,402	277	3,068	57
Delta	2,795	164	2,556	75
Osun	2,663	23	2,573	67
Enugu	2,540	10	2,501	29
Nasarawa	2,412	28	2,345	39
Gombe	2,234	36	2,154	44
Katsina	2,164	29	2,100	35
Ebonyi	2,047	12	2,003	32
Anambra	2,043	56	1,968	19
Abia	1,791	8	1,760	23
Imo	1,697	14	1,645	38
Bauchi	1,553	2	1,534	17
Benue	1,366	15	1,327	24
Borno	1,344	1	1,305	38
Ekiti	1,231	227	990	14
Adamawa	1,134	4	1,098	32
Taraba	1,059	30	1,005	24
Bayelsa	985	39	920	26
Niger	964	30	914	20
Sokoto	794	4	762	28
Jigawa	562	25	521	16
Yobe	499	0	490	9
Cross River	470	27	422	21
Kebbi	450	42	392	16
Zamfara	251	7	236	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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