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NCDC Confirms 347 New COVID-19 Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 347 additional cases of COVID-19 with Lagos topping the list of states.


In this file photo, a healthcare worker prepares to administer a vaccine to a person at a drive-thru site in Tropical Park on December 16, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
In this file photo, a healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a person in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP

 

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 347 new cases of COVID-19 with Lagos topping the list of states.

Data from the NCDC late on Friday showed that new infections were reported in seven states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Lagos had 265 cases, a wide margin from Imo which had the second-highest number of cases with 47 infections.

Other states with fresh cases are Rivers – 15, Edo – 11, FCT – 4, Akwa Ibom – 2, Plateau – 2, and Bayelsa – 1.

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The new cases take the country’s total infections to 257,637, and the death toll to 3,144.

Of the 257,637 cases recorded since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria in February 2020, Lagos State accounts for 100,641 infections followed by the FCT and the Rivers with 28,763 and 16,826 cases, respectively.

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 100,641 1,810 98,062 769
FCT 28,763 63 28,451 249
Rivers 16,826 127 16,545 154
Kaduna 11,314 7 11,218 89
Plateau 10,258 2 10,181 75
Oyo 10,232 1 10,029 202
Edo 7,707 11 7,375 321
Ogun 5,810 11 5,717 82
Delta 5,413 132 5,170 111
Ondo 5,173 315 4,749 109
Kano 5,087 49 4,911 127
Akwa Ibom 4,659 29 4,586 44
Kwara 4,640 401 4,175 64
Osun 3,311 36 3,183 92
Gombe 3,307 83 3,158 66
Enugu 2,952 13 2,910 29
Anambra 2,825 46 2,760 19
Nasarawa 2,738 354 2,345 39
Imo 2,648 8 2,582 58
Katsina 2,418 0 2,381 37
Abia 2,177 1 2,142 34
Benue 2,129 340 1,764 25
Ebonyi 2,064 28 2,004 32
Ekiti 2,006 52 1,926 28
Bauchi 1,967 1 1,942 24
Borno 1,629 5 1,580 44
Taraba 1,473 62 1,377 34
Bayelsa 1,321 1 1,292 28
Adamawa 1,203 68 1,103 32
Niger 1,148 130 998 20
Cross River 842 8 809 25
Sokoto 818 0 790 28
Jigawa 669 2 649 18
Yobe 609 0 600 9
Kebbi 480 10 454 16
Zamfara 375 0 366 9
Kogi 5 0 3 2