- Nigeria Announces 284 New Cases of COVID-19, Total Now 6677
More cases of COVID-19 are being reported on a daily basis in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 284 new cases on Wednesday to take the total number of cases to 6677.
The centre also reported 8 new death cases to take the total death due to the virus to 200.
“Till date, 6677 cases have been confirmed, 1840 cases have been discharged and 200 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” the NCDC stated.
The 284 new cases were reported from 13 states – Lagos(199), Rivers(26), Oyo(19), FCT(8), Borno (8), Plateau(7), Jigawa (6), Kano (5), Abia(2), Ekiti(1), Delta(1), Kwara (1) and Taraba (1).
| States Affected |
No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) |
No. of Cases (on admission) |
No. Discharged |
No. of Deaths |
| Lagos |
2,954 |
2,332 |
582 |
40 |
| Kano |
847 |
690 |
121 |
36 |
| FCT |
435 |
311 |
115 |
9 |
| Katsina |
281 |
239 |
29 |
13 |
| Borno |
235 |
122 |
89 |
24 |
| Bauchi |
224 |
89 |
130 |
5 |
| Jigawa |
211 |
130 |
78 |
3 |
| Ogun |
178 |
103 |
69 |
6 |
| Oyo |
162 |
110 |
48 |
4 |
| Kaduna |
152 |
66 |
82 |
4 |
| Gombe |
136 |
41 |
92 |
3 |
| Edo |
119 |
78 |
35 |
6 |
| Sokoto |
113 |
25 |
75 |
13 |
| Rivers |
79 |
54 |
21 |
4 |
| Zamfara |
76 |
8 |
63 |
5 |
| Kwara |
66 |
40 |
25 |
1 |
| Plateau |
57 |
42 |
14 |
1 |
| Osun |
42 |
5 |
33 |
4 |
| Nasarawa |
34 |
15 |
18 |
1 |
| Yobe |
32 |
28 |
3 |
1 |
| Kebbi |
32 |
11 |
17 |
4 |
| Delta |
28 |
10 |
12 |
6 |
| Adamawa |
26 |
12 |
13 |
1 |
| Niger |
22 |
16 |
5 |
1 |
| Ekiti |
20 |
5 |
13 |
2 |
| Ondo |
20 |
4 |
15 |
1 |
| Akwa Ibom |
18 |
4 |
12 |
2 |
| Taraba |
18 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
| Enugu |
16 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
| Ebonyi |
13 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
| Abia |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
| Imo |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
| Bayelsa |
7 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
| Benue |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Anambra |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
