Thursday Covid-19 cases: 1,138 cases and 5 deaths recorded in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded new 1,138 Covid-19 cases and five deaths in Nigeria on Thursday, 3 February, 2021.

According to the centre, the country's most affected state, Lagos, recorded 377 cases yesterday followed by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, with 172 cases.

Plateau State which has been experiencing a surge in the area recorded 86 with Kano and Edo State recording 84 and 60 respectively.

Other states where the disease where recorded for the day includes Osun, 47; Nasarawa, 41; Imo, 40; Rivers, 36; Niger, 32; Oyo, 32; Borno, 29; Kaduna, 27; Delta, 18; Kwara, 17; Cross River, 9; Ekiti, 8; Bauchi, 7; Ogun, 7; Sokoto, 6 and Bayelsa with 3 cases

Total cases for the state are given below;

Total Covid-19 cases in Nigeria
No	State	Total confirmed cases
1	Lagos	50,318
2	FCT	17,243
3	Plateau	8,068
4	Kaduna	7,706
5	Oyo	5,582
6	Rivers	5,519
7	Edo	3,862
8	Ogun	3,447
9	Kano	3,131
10	Delta	2,364
11	Ondo	2,339
12	Kwara	2,003
13	Nasarawa	1,871
14	Kastina	1,864
15	Enugu	1,829
16	Gombe	1,678
17	Osun	1,667
18	Ebonyi	1,444
19	Abia	1,323
20	Bauchi	1,164
21	Imo	1,156
22	Anambra	1,053
23	Borno	1,009
24	Akwa-Ibom	909
25	Benue	848
26	Niger	789
27	Sokoto	756
28	Bayelsa	688
29	Adamawa	631
30	Ekiti	587
31	Jigawa	472
32	Taraba	433
33	Kebbi	270
34	Yobe	241
35	Cross River	212
36	Zamfara	209
37	Kogi	5
	Total	134,690
	Discharged	108,657
	Death	1,618
	outstanding	24,415

While the total death toll stands at 1,618 after 5 lives were lost to the virus yesterday, the total discharged people is 108,657 having discharged 1,106 persons yesterday.