Nigeria records 1,861 new COVID-19 infections, total rises to 126,160

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,861 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 126,160.

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

“On the 27th of January 2021, 1861 new confirmed cases and 22 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 126160 cases have been confirmed, 100365 cases have been discharged and1544 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1861 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (773), FCT (285), Oyo (138), Rivers (111), Plateau (92), Nasarawa (83), Kaduna (59), Enugu (57), Imo (57), Edo (43), Kano (27), Kwara (20), Ebonyi (19), Abia (17), Ogun (12), Osun (12), Katsina (8), Bayelsa (6), Bauchi (5), Delta (5), Borno (4), Jigawa (4), and Zamfara (1).

“Our discharges today include 697 community recoveries in Lagos State, 128 in Rivers State and 116 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	46,935	8,431	38,205	299
FCT	16,341	5,254	10,963	124
Plateau	7,740	816	6,871	53
Kaduna	7,458	732	6,669	57
Oyo	5,232	1,046	4,110	76
Rivers	5,093	701	4,313	79
Edo	3,689	571	2,982	136
Ogun	3,263	557	2,664	42
Kano	2,889	390	2,423	76
Delta	2,249	460	1,737	52
Ondo	2,222	175	2,000	47
Kwara	1,887	308	1,540	39
Katsina	1,812	84	1,701	27
Enugu	1,738	296	1,421	21
Nasarawa	1,720	1,382	325	13
Gombe	1,581	167	1,372	42
Osun	1,470	329	1,109	32
Ebonyi	1,393	166	1,197	30
Abia	1,220	114	1,094	12
Bauchi	1,136	36	1,083	17
Imo	1,046	239	790	17
Borno	900	90	774	36
Akwa Ibom	783	302	471	10
Benue	749	196	535	18
Anambra	720	366	334	20
Sokoto	707	31	650	26
Niger	688	257	417	14
Bayelsa	661	74	563	24
Adamawa	631	363	240	28
Ekiti	532	89	435	8
Jigawa	450	49	390	11
Taraba	349	101	233	15
Kebbi	267	51	203	13
Yobe	221	14	199	8
Zamfara	194	17	170	7
Cross River	189	-2	179	12
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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