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Rivers State Leads As Nigeria Records 460 Fresh COVID-19 Cases

Nigeria has recorded 460 fresh COVID-19 cases, with Rivers State topping the latest daily infection count.


A health worker prepares a dose to inoculate a woman with the Covaxin Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a school-turned-vaccination centre in New Delhi on May 5, 2021. Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP
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Nigeria has recorded 460 fresh COVID-19 cases, with Rivers State topping the latest daily infection count.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this in its report on Monday.

Cases recorded in 14 states across the country include – Rivers (164), Lagos (139), Edo (61), FCT (37), Bayelsa (20), Oyo (14), Plateau (7), Ogun (6), Anambra (4), Benue (4), Enugu (2), Cross River (1), and Kaduna (1).

The development now brings the total confirmed cases in the country to 191,805.

178,492 have, however, been discharged while 2,455 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

According to the NCDC, a multi-sectoral National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level (2), continues to coordinate the national response activities.

 

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 72,584 5,419 66,561 604
FCT 20,571 460 19,936 175
Rivers 10,333 1,283 8,923 127
Kaduna 9,226 24 9,136 66
Plateau 9,186 72 9,055 59
Oyo 8,096 647 7,287 162
Edo 5,402 316 4,891 195
Ogun 5,250 173 5,001 76
Kano 4,044 13 3,921 110
Akwa Ibom 3,984 742 3,200 42
Ondo 3,968 322 3,575 71
Kwara 3,556 387 3,112 57
Delta 2,914 283 2,556 75
Osun 2,691 39 2,573 79
Enugu 2,558 -2 2,531 29
Nasarawa 2,414 30 2,345 39
Gombe 2,239 4 2,191 44
Katsina 2,164 29 2,100 35
Anambra 2,050 63 1,968 19
Ebonyi 2,048 13 2,003 32
Abia 1,794 6 1,764 24
Imo 1,710 22 1,650 38
Bauchi 1,553 2 1,534 17
Ekiti 1,447 303 1,129 15
Benue 1,417 0 1,393 24
Borno 1,344 0 1,306 38
Adamawa 1,136 6 1,098 32
Taraba 1,062 27 1,011 24
Bayelsa 1,049 92 930 27
Niger 966 32 914 20
Sokoto 796 2 766 28
Jigawa 562 25 521 16
Yobe 501 2 490 9
Cross River 476 13 442 21
Kebbi 458 9 433 16
Zamfara 251 0 243 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2