COVID-19: Nigeria records 341 new cases as total hits 155,417 in one year

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 341 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 155,417.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday.

Nigeria also recorded 11 COVID-19 deaths, raising the total fatality in the country to 1,891.

On the 27th of Feb 2020, Nigeria detected her first case of #COVID19.

“On the 27th of February 2021, 341 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 155417 cases have been confirmed, 133,256 cases have been discharged and 1905 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 341 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos (96), Rivers (41), Kaduna (33), Edo (21), Osun (20), Akwa Ibom (17), FCT (17), Ondo (15), Gombe (11), Kano (11), Imo (10), Ekiti (9), Kebbi (9), Kwara (8), Oyo (8), Borno (6), Enugu (3), Plateau (3), Delta (1), Niger (1) and Ogun (1),” the NCDC said.

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths

Lagos 55,646 1,886 53,350 410

FCT 19,203 7,220 11,839 144

Plateau 8,877 102 8,718 57

Kaduna 8,486 142 8,282 62

Oyo 6,725 978 5,637 110

Rivers 6,477 267 6,116 94

Edo 4,550 436 3,948 166

Ogun 4,378 753 3,579 46

Kano 3,743 180 3,459 104

Ondo 2,983 846 2,080 57

Kwara 2,909 557 2,301 51

Delta 2,557 748 1,744 65

Osun 2,412 417 1,945 50

Nasarawa 2,212 1,826 373 13

Gombe 2,051 98 1,910 43

Katsina 2,029 32 1,970 27

Enugu 2,003 109 1,865 29

Ebonyi 1,864 286 1,547 31

Anambra 1,641 207 1,415 19

Abia 1,514 67 1,427 20

Akwa Ibom 1,501 637 850 14

Imo 1,474 183 1,263 28

Borno 1,272 170 1,064 38

Bauchi 1,224 11 1,196 17

Benue 1,188 575 591 22

Niger 913 479 417 17

Taraba 804 146 636 22

Ekiti 797 133 654 10

Sokoto 769 1 740 28

Bayelsa 767 35 706 26

Adamawa 762 470 264 28

Jigawa 496 56 429 11

Kebbi 374 60 300 14

Cross River 324 57 254 13

Yobe 268 17 242 9

Zamfara 219 -4 215 8

Kogi 5 0 3 2