COVID-19: Nigeria Records 610 New Cases, Two Deaths

A health worker holding the COVID-19 vaccine.

A health worker holding the COVID-19 vaccine

Nigeria has recorded 610 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

In the agency’s latest report on Wednesday morning, the infections were recorded on Tuesday in 13 states. Lagos, the epicenter of the disease, took the lead with 281 cases, followed by Rivers (152) and Akwa Ibom (85).

Others are Ogun (21), Oyo (21), Ekiti (14), FCT (13), Delta (7), Edo (6), Ondo (4), Bayelsa (2), Kano (2), and Plateau (2).

Till date, a total of 179,118 cases have been confirmed in the country, 166,131 patients have been discharged and 2,194 deaths recorded in 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory.

A third wave of the pandemic, triggered by the deadlier Delta variant, has restricted moves by governments across the globe to ease restrictions and revive economic activities which were grounded for the most part of the previous year.

The development has also posed a barrier to the global vaccination drive with the efficacy of some vaccines less when it comes to the strain.

Currently, over 200 million cases of the virus have been confirmed with a death toll pegged at four million worldwide.

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	66,622	7,628	58,529	465
FCT	20,121	173	19,778	170
Kaduna	9,194	37	9,091	66
Plateau	9,122	44	9,021	57
Rivers	8,214	591	7,521	102
Oyo	7,400	407	6,849	144
Edo	4,975	30	4,760	185
Ogun	4,963	211	4,691	61
Kano	4,033	9	3,914	110
Ondo	3,648	105	3,475	68
Kwara	3,290	167	3,068	55
Akwa Ibom	3,174	759	2,383	32
Delta	2,712	83	2,556	73
Osun	2,636	40	2,541	55
Enugu	2,490	16	2,445	29
Nasarawa	2,404	20	2,345	39
Gombe	2,189	27	2,118	44
Katsina	2,164	29	2,100	35
Ebonyi	2,047	12	2,003	32
Anambra	1,923	78	1,826	19
Abia	1,740	3	1,715	22
Imo	1,688	27	1,624	37
Bauchi	1,553	2	1,534	17
Benue	1,366	15	1,327	24
Borno	1,344	1	1,305	38
Adamawa	1,134	4	1,098	32
Ekiti	1,060	138	909	13
Taraba	1,001	0	977	24
Niger	963	29	914	20
Bayelsa	955	13	916	26
Sokoto	788	0	760	28
Jigawa	562	25	521	16
Yobe	499	0	490	9
Kebbi	450	42	392	16
Cross River	438	11	406	21
Zamfara	251	7	236	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2