Covid-19: 1634 new cases discovered in Nigeria on Tuesday

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Cointrol (NCDC) has reported 1634 new covid-19 cases discovered in Nigeria on Tuesday, February 1, 2021.

According to the centre which made the announcement on its official Twitter handle, 440 cases were on discovered on Tuesday in Lagos State, while Anambra State recorded one of its highest single day cases of 160.

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, recorded 158 cases,while Rivers State recorded 134 followed by Abia State where 103 cases were recorded.

Other State where the virus was recorded on Tuesday includes Oyo State with 90 cases, Enugu, 81; Osun, 73; Gombe, 54; Kwara, 50; Ogun, 32; plateau, 32; Akwa-Ibom, 31; Ondo, 24; Borno, 23; Delta, 23; Ebonyi, 21; Taraba, 21; Bayelsa, 16; Kaduna, 15; Nasarawa, 13; Jigawa, 12; Bauchi,11; Kano, 11; Zamfara 4 and Sokoto State with two cases.

The total cases for each state are given below:

Total Covid-19 cases in Nigeria
No	State	Total confirmed cases
1	Lagos	49,941
2	FCT	17,071
3	Plateau	7,982
4	Kaduna	7,679
5	Oyo	5,550
6	Rivers	5,483
7	Edo	3,802
8	Ogun	3,440
9	Kano	3,047
10	Delta	2,346
11	Ondo	2,339
12	Kwara	1,986
13	Kastina	1,864
14	Nasarawa	1,830
15	Enugu	1,829
16	Gombe	1,678
17	Osun	1,620
18	Ebonyi	1,444
19	Abia	1,323
20	Bauchi	1,157
21	Imo	1,116
22	Anambra	1,053
23	Borno	980
24	Akwa-Ibom	909
25	Benue	848
26	Niger	757
27	Sokoto	750
28	Bayelsa	685
29	Adamawa	631
30	Ekiti	579
31	Jigawa	472
32	Taraba	433
33	Kebbi	270
34	Yobe	241
35	Zamfara	209
36	Cross River	203
37	Kogi	5
	Total	133,552
	Discharged	107,551
	Death	1,613
	outstanding	24,388

While the total death toll stands at 1,613 after 6 lives were lost to the virus yesterday, the total discharged people is 107,551 having discharged 1,276 persons yesterday.