NCDC Reports Eight More Deaths, 420 New COVID-19 Cases

A file photo of a health worker wearing a PPE on duty.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said eight more people have died of complications related to COVID-19.

The agency disclosed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday while giving an update on the management of the disease in the country.

It added that 420 more infections were confirmed on Monday from 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Lagos topped the states reporting more cases with 103 infections and was followed by Kwara and Akwa Ibom which logged 90 and 49 additional cases respectively.

Others include FCT – 39, Kano – 33, Rivers – 31, Cross River – 17, Ogun – 17, Kaduna – 15, Edo – 11, Niger – nine, Oyo – five, and Abia – one.

Since Nigeria reported its first case of the disease in February 2020, the nation has confirmed a total of 248,732 infections.

Of these cases, 219,479 people who initially tested positive have been discharged and the nation’s death toll from the disease has risen to 3,085.

While the NCDC said it has collected and tested a total of 3,933,209 samples, the country has 26,168 COVID-19 cases that are still active.

See the breakdown of cases according to states below:

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	97,157	16,330	80,066	761
FCT	27,712	2,776	24,695	241
Rivers	15,703	405	15,144	154
Kaduna	11,025	139	10,800	86
Plateau	10,209	60	10,076	73
Oyo	10,122	747	9,179	196
Edo	7,595	152	7,135	308
Ogun	5,776	96	5,598	82
Delta	5,066	2,400	2,556	110
Ondo	5,066	373	4,593	100
Kano	4,874	279	4,468	127
Akwa Ibom	4,615	77	4,494	44
Kwara	4,408	635	3,709	64
Osun	3,142	69	2,984	89
Gombe	2,958	180	2,715	63
Enugu	2,939	17	2,893	29
Anambra	2,700	242	2,439	19
Nasarawa	2,674	290	2,345	39
Katsina	2,387	20	2,330	37
Imo	2,335	48	2,230	57
Abia	2,145	14	2,097	34
Benue	2,118	329	1,764	25
Ebonyi	2,064	28	2,004	32
Ekiti	1,955	83	1,844	28
Bauchi	1,910	60	1,826	24
Borno	1,577	33	1,500	44
Taraba	1,345	78	1,235	32
Bayelsa	1,305	30	1,247	28
Adamawa	1,157	27	1,098	32
Niger	1,137	119	998	20
Sokoto	810	0	782	28
Cross River	744	2	717	25
Jigawa	642	19	605	18
Yobe	502	3	490	9
Kebbi	478	8	454	16
Zamfara	375	0	366	9
Kogi	5	0	3	2