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
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.
| 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 |
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