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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 674 New Cases, Eight More Deaths

A file photo of a healthcare worker holding a COVID-19 test kit. TARSO SARRAF / AFP

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 674 new cases of COVID-19 with eight more deaths, according to the latest figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The data for the day showed that Lagos recorded the highest number of infections (355), followed by Rivers with 87 cases and the Federal Capital Territory with 38 infections.

Other states with new cases are Ogun (33) Akwa Ibom (32), Oyo (32), Edo (22), Ekiti (20), Kwara (17), Delta (12), Bayelsa (8), Gombe (5) Kaduna (4), Osun (4), Enugu (2) Nasarawa (2), and Plateau (1).

As of Friday morning, Nigeria has recorded 185,267 COVID-19 cases, and 167,923 recoveries, while 2,244 persons have died from the disease.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government on Monday commenced the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination as part of the drive to tackle the pandemic.

This followed the United States’ donation of over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine to the country.

So far, about one per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated.

See the breakdown of Nigeria’s cases 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	20,339	367	19,799	173
Kaduna	9,203	12	9,125	66
Plateau	9,135	23	9,055	57
Rivers	9,068	1,046	7,913	109
Oyo	7,731	509	7,070	152
Ogun	5,145	279	4,796	70
Edo	5,081	117	4,777	187
Kano	4,036	8	3,918	110
Ondo	3,810	217	3,523	70
Akwa Ibom	3,637	776	2,829	32
Kwara	3,402	277	3,068	57
Delta	2,780	149	2,556	75
Osun	2,663	23	2,573	67
Enugu	2,540	10	2,501	29
Nasarawa	2,411	27	2,345	39
Gombe	2,233	35	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	1,198	194	990	14
Adamawa	1,134	4	1,098	32
Taraba	1,059	30	1,005	24
Bayelsa	981	38	917	26
Niger	964	30	914	20
Sokoto	792	2	762	28
Jigawa	562	25	521	16
Yobe	499	0	490	9
Cross River	455	12	422	21
Kebbi	450	42	392	16
Zamfara	251	7	236	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2