COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

2,942,578

Confirmed Cases

200,957

Active Cases

8,964

Discharged Cases

189,346

Death

2,647

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 75,591 2,577 72,350 664
FCT 21,110 741 20,190 179
Rivers 11,627 786 10,692 149
Kaduna 9,409 79 9,260 70
Plateau 9,274 65 9,146 63
Oyo 8,604 712 7,705 187
Edo 6,122 645 5,262 215
Ogun 5,338 41 5,218 79
Ondo 4,374 277 4,010 87
Akwa Ibom 4,261 611 3,608 42
Kano 4,138 55 3,971 112
Kwara 3,723 457 3,207 59
Delta 3,268 627 2,556 85
Osun 2,828 40 2,703 85
Enugu 2,675 112 2,534 29
Nasarawa 2,426 42 2,345 39
Gombe 2,341 50 2,246 45
Katsina 2,214 50 2,129 35
Anambra 2,185 109 2,057 19
Ebonyi 2,059 24 2,003 32
Abia 1,880 50 1,805 25
Imo 1,800 86 1,674 40
Ekiti 1,678 301 1,352 25
Bauchi 1,568 13 1,538 17
Benue 1,528 86 1,418 24
Borno 1,344 0 1,306 38
Bayelsa 1,200 136 1,037 27
Adamawa 1,155 25 1,098 32
Taraba 1,091 53 1,014 24
Niger 1,001 67 914 20
Sokoto 796 2 766 28
Jigawa 573 12 545 16
Cross River 559 20 518 21
Yobe 501 2 490 9
Kebbi 458 9 433 16
Zamfara 253 2 243 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Highlights

  • On the 16th of September 2021, 601 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
  • Till date, 200957 cases have been confirmed, 189346 cases have been discharged and 2647 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
  • The 601 new cases are reported from 17 states-Lagos (173), Edo (97), FCT (68), Rivers (50), Delta (45), Kaduna (28), Ondo (28), Akwa Ibom (25), Bayelsa (16), Imo (16), Plateau (15), Anambra (12), Ekiti (11), Cross River (6), Oyo (6), Gombe (3), and Benue (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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