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
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