COVID-19: Nigeria records 1,131 new infections, eight deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,131 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 142,578.

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

Nigeria also recorded eight COVID-19 deaths, raising the total fatality in the country to 1,702.

“On the 10th of February 2021, 1131 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 141447 cases have been confirmed, 115755 cases have been discharged and 1694 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1056 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (214), Osun (120), FCT (116), Plateau (88), Ebonyi (75), Kwara (73), Gombe (70), Ondo (57), Rivers (47), Akwa Ibom (38), Edo (25), Oyo (23), Kano (22), Delta (19) Katsina (18), Borno (16), Nasarawa (13), Ekiti (8), Ogun (8), Bauchi (4), Benue(1) and Jigawa (1).

“Our discharges today include 773 community recoveries in Lagos State and 66 community recoveries in Imo State managed in line with guidelines,” 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	52,282	4,686	47,244	352
FCT	18,168	6,450	11,584	134
Plateau	8,475	320	8,099	56
Kaduna	7,942	268	7,617	57
Oyo	6,074	1,809	4,172	93
Rivers	5,903	589	5,228	86
Edo	4,128	783	3,197	148
Ogun	3,615	387	3,182	46
Kano	3,414	416	2,903	95
Ondo	2,563	428	2,080	55
Delta	2,439	643	1,744	52
Kwara	2,282	614	1,625	43
Nasarawa	2,021	1,635	373	13
Osun	1,972	497	1,434	41
Katsina	1,919	21	1,871	27
Gombe	1,873	128	1,703	42
Enugu	1,829	297	1,511	21
Ebonyi	1,615	248	1,337	30
Abia	1,338	113	1,212	13
Imo	1,272	188	1,065	19
Anambra	1,271	918	334	19
Akwa Ibom	1,223	623	586	14
Bauchi	1,176	-19	1,178	17
Borno	1,106	219	850	37
Benue	959	388	550	21
Niger	862	431	417	14
Sokoto	763	18	719	26
Adamawa	725	435	262	28
Bayelsa	710	42	643	25
Ekiti	656	109	538	9
Taraba	549	129	405	15
Jigawa	486	59	416	11
Kebbi	276	6	257	13
Yobe	250	29	213	8
Cross River	222	10	200	12
Zamfara	215	12	195	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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