NCDC confirms 1,138 new COVID-19 cases, toll now 134,690

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,138 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 134,690.

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

“On the 3rd of February 2021, 1138 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 134690 cases have been confirmed, 108657 cases have been discharged and 1618 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1138 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos (377), FCT (172), Plateau (86), Kano (84), Edo (60), 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 (3).

“Our discharges today include 476 community recoveries in Lagos State and 121 community recoveries in Plateau 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	50,318	7,253	42,736	329
FCT	17,243	6,115	11,001	127
Plateau	8,068	505	7,508	55
Kaduna	7,706	334	7,315	57
Oyo	5,582	1,345	4,152	85
Rivers	5,519	678	4,757	84
Edo	3,862	632	3,086	144
Ogun	3,447	468	2,936	43
Kano	3,131	388	2,661	82
Delta	2,364	568	1,744	52
Ondo	2,339	208	2,080	51
Kwara	2,003	408	1,554	41
Nasarawa	1,871	1,485	373	13
Katsina	1,864	107	1,730	27
Enugu	1,829	297	1,511	21
Gombe	1,678	136	1,500	42
Osun	1,667	410	1,225	32
Ebonyi	1,444	203	1,211	30
Abia	1,323	121	1,190	12
Bauchi	1,164	3	1,144	17
Imo	1,156	238	900	18
Anambra	1,053	700	334	19
Borno	1,009	122	850	37
Akwa Ibom	909	358	541	10
Benue	848	284	544	20
Niger	789	358	417	14
Sokoto	756	24	706	26
Bayelsa	688	55	609	24
Adamawa	631	363	240	28
Ekiti	587	88	490	9
Jigawa	472	71	390	11
Taraba	433	39	379	15
Kebbi	270	4	253	13
Yobe	241	34	199	8
Cross River	212	2	198	12
Zamfara	209	11	190	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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