Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases hit 116,655 as NCDC confirms 1,964 new infections

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,964 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 116,655.

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

“On the 21st of January 2021, 1964 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 116655 cases have been confirmed, 93646 cases have been discharged and 1485 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory

“The 1964 new cases are reported from 24 states- Lagos (824), FCT (246), Plateau (166), Kaduna (128), Ogun (76), Nasarawa (74), Anambra (69), Edo (50), Rivers (45), Ondo (44), Niger (40), Oyo (38), Adamawa (35), Kano (31), Akwa Ibom (27), Gombe (19), Kwara (13), Ekiti (12), Delta (6), Kebbi (6), Bauchi (5), Ebonyi (4), Osun (3), and Zamfara (3),” 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	43,251	8,511	34,457	283
FCT	15,271	4,278	10,875	118
Plateau	7,124	653	6,419	52
Kaduna	6,631	659	5,916	56
Oyo	4,884	723	4,090	71
Rivers	4,681	755	3,850	76
Edo	3,436	425	2,878	133
Ogun	3,060	475	2,546	39
Kano	2,684	325	2,286	73
Delta	2,156	367	1,737	52
Ondo	2,153	107	2,000	46
Kwara	1,754	293	1,424	37
Katsina	1,723	52	1,644	27
Enugu	1,644	248	1,375	21
Gombe	1,537	223	1,272	42
Nasarawa	1,410	1,072	325	13
Osun	1,321	240	1,054	27
Ebonyi	1,302	200	1,072	30
Abia	1,134	109	1,014	11
Bauchi	1,112	36	1,059	17
Imo	912	122	773	17
Borno	870	90	744	36
Akwa Ibom	725	260	455	10
Benue	694	163	513	18
Sokoto	677	86	565	26
Anambra	634	280	334	20
Bayelsa	625	59	543	23
Adamawa	608	344	238	26
Niger	587	160	413	14
Ekiti	491	57	426	8
Jigawa	437	39	387	11
Taraba	296	71	213	12
Kebbi	267	51	203	13
Yobe	211	6	197	8
Cross River	179	1	166	12
Zamfara	169	4	160	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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