Covid-19: 1,040 discovered in Lagos as 1,888 seen in Nigeria on Saturday

Lagos State on Saturday saw one of its worse daily cases yesterday as 1,040 cases were recorded in the state while 848 cases were discovered in other states, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced.

According to the centre, 1,888 cases were discovered across the country on Saturday, 30 January, 2021, as the cases continue to rise rapidly.

On Saturday, 1,040 cases were discovered in Lagos while the second most affect area, FCT, recorded 298 cases.

Anambra, 86; Rivers, 54; Taraba, 45; Ogun, 42; Oyo, 40; Akwa Ibom, 38; Sokoto, 30; Ebonyi, 30; Imo, 28; Kaduna, 28; Osun, 27; Kano, 21; Benue, 19; Edo, 17; Gombe, 15; Ekiti, 9; Delta, 8; Jigawa, 3; Kwara, 2; Bayelsa, 2 and Plateau State with single case.

Total for each State are given as follows:

Total Covid-19 cases in Nigeria
No	State	Total confirmed cases
1	Lagos	48,919
2	FCT	16,863
3	Plateau	7,892
4	Kaduna	7,603
5	Oyo	5,404
6	Rivers	5,260
7	Edo	3,779
8	Ogun	3,356
9	Kano	2,952
10	Delta	2,323
11	Ondo	2,288
12	Kwara	1,936
13	Kastina	1,838
14	Nasarawa	1,764
15	Enugu	1,738
16	Gombe	1,606
17	Osun	1,516
18	Ebonyi	1,423
19	Abia	1,220
20	Bauchi	1,142
21	Imo	1,116
22	Borno	946
23	Anambra	893
24	Benue	848
25	Akwa-Ibom	845
26	Sokoto	748
27	Niger	688
28	Bayelsa	669
29	Adamawa	631
30	Ekiti	568
31	Jigawa	460
32	Taraba	412
33	Kebbi	267
34	Yobe	241
35	Zamfara	203
36	Cross River	195
37	Kogi	5
	Total	130,557
	Discharged	103,712
	Death	1,578
	outstanding	25,267

While the total number of confirmed cases stands at 130,557, 103,712 people have been discharged after 932 were discharged yesterday.

However, one person was lost to the virus yesterday making it 1,578 people to have died from the virus in the country.