COVID-19: NCDC confirms 1,479 new cases as total rises to 105,478

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,479 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 105,478.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday.

“On the 14th of January 2021, 1479 new confirmed cases and 23 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 105478 cases have been confirmed, 83830 cases have been discharged and 1405 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1479 new cases are reported from 25 states- Lagos (697), FCT (201), Nasarawa (80), Plateau (74), Rivers (62), Edo (46), Adamawa (43), Osun (39), Akwa Ibom (35), Delta (31), Anambra (27), Oyo (24), Kano (21), Abia (19), Enugu (19), Ogun (18), Sokoto (12), Bauchi (7), Taraba (7), Ekiti (4), Gombe (4), Imo (4), Bayelsa (2), Jigawa (2), and Zamfara (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	38,549	7,717	30,566	266
FCT	14,139	6,188	7,840	111
Plateau	6,147	393	5,707	47
Kaduna	5,888	367	5,466	55
Oyo	4,570	540	3,966	64
Rivers	4,186	610	3,504	72
Edo	3,189	271	2,794	124
Ogun	2,745	283	2,426	36
Kano	2,512	287	2,155	70
Delta	2,062	273	1,737	52
Ondo	2,006	202	1,763	41
Katsina	1,692	50	1,615	27
Kwara	1,566	199	1,335	32
Enugu	1,525	129	1,375	21
Gombe	1,471	181	1,249	41
Nasarawa	1,233	895	325	13
Ebonyi	1,159	57	1,072	30
Osun	1,149	126	999	24
Abia	1,114	89	1,014	11
Bauchi	1,107	126	964	17
Borno	844	70	738	36
Imo	810	48	746	16
Benue	629	102	512	15
Sokoto	602	165	411	26
Bayelsa	588	35	532	21
Akwa Ibom	588	183	396	9
Adamawa	540	276	238	26
Niger	508	126	369	13
Anambra	460	106	334	20
Ekiti	450	40	403	7
Jigawa	423	35	377	11
Taraba	246	27	208	11
Kebbi	240	26	201	13
Yobe	207	20	179	8
Cross River	169	0	157	12
Zamfara	160	1	154	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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