Nigeria Reports Lowest COVID-19 Cases Since November, No New Death

Written by on March 15, 2021

The fight against the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria seems to be getting better since the country commenced the vaccination of its citizens.

Barely two weeks after the vaccination exercise began, the country recorded its lowest single-day figure in about four months and no new death was reported.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) – which manages disease outbreaks in the country – noted that 120 new cases were reported.

In a late-night tweet on Sunday, it noted that the new cases were reported in 13 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The last time Nigeria reported cases lower than Sunday’s figure was on November 29, 2020, and 82 fresh infections were confirmed.

 

Lagos reported the highest number of fresh infections – 32, and was followed by Rivers, Kaduna, and Bayelsa where 25, 20, and 13 cases were confirmed.

Others were Kano – seven, Jigawa – five, Borno – five, Abia – four, Oyo – three, Plateau – two, FCT – one, Ogun – one, Nasarawa – one, and Imo – one.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 160,657, while 145,399 cases have been discharged and 2,013 deaths recorded.

 

 

As of March 14, 2021, Nigeria has tested 1,684,305 samples for coronavirus and 13,245 cases are active.

Nigeria commenced its vaccination exercise on March 5 and the President, his vice, state governors, and top government officials, as well as frontline health workers, have taken their vaccine jabs.

See the breakdown of COVID-19 cases according to states below:

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 56,962 495 56,042 425
FCT 19,470 3,728 15,587 155
Plateau 8,988 71 8,860 57
Kaduna 8,785 163 8,557 65
Oyo 6,807 504 6,187 116
Rivers 6,803 249 6,457 97
Edo 4,820 188 4,447 185
Ogun 4,549 191 4,309 49
Kano 3,873 49 3,715 109
Ondo 3,116 975 2,080 61
Kwara 3,014 291 2,668 55
Delta 2,593 780 1,744 69
Osun 2,487 107 2,328 52
Nasarawa 2,292 1,906 373 13
Enugu 2,221 327 1,865 29
Katsina 2,073 9 2,030 34
Gombe 2,018 23 1,952 43
Ebonyi 1,968 162 1,774 32
Anambra 1,909 64 1,826 19
Akwa Ibom 1,702 500 1,188 14
Abia 1,629 44 1,564 21
Imo 1,619 151 1,432 36
Bauchi 1,463 179 1,267 17
Borno 1,321 83 1,200 38
Benue 1,188 575 591 22
Adamawa 942 641 270 31
Niger 923 489 417 17
Taraba 881 55 804 22
Ekiti 848 65 773 10
Bayelsa 828 44 758 26
Sokoto 769 0 741 28
Jigawa 501 5 480 16
Kebbi 427 90 323 14
Cross River 344 14 313 17
Yobe 293 25 259 9
Zamfara 226 3 215 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2

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