The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 649 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 22,020.
The centre disclosed this on Wednesday night via its verified Twitter handle.
Data obtained by KAFTAN Post from the NCDC’s website showed that Nigeria currently has 13,867 active COVID-19 cases.
It also showed that over 120,108 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the country.
A further breakdown of the cases showed that Lagos, Oyo, and Plateau recorded the highest cases of COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
While 7,613 COVID-19 patients have been discharged in the country, 542 are dead
“649 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-250, Oyo-100, Plateau-40, Delta-40, Abia-28, Kaduna-27, Ogun-22, Edo-20, Akwa Ibom-18, Kwara-17, FCT-17, Enugu-14, Niger-13, Adamawa-13, Bayelsa-7, Osun-6, Bauchi-6, Anambra-4, Gombe-3, Sokoto-2, Imo-1, Kano-1.”
Presented below is the breakdown of cases by state;
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
| Lagos | 9,323 | 7,739 | 1,458 | 126 |
| FCT | 1,622 | 1,095 | 497 | 30 |
| Kano | 1,191 | 366 | 774 | 51 |
| Oyo | 1,155 | 855 | 291 | 9 |
| Rivers | 930 | 441 | 454 | 35 |
| Edo | 817 | 532 | 253 | 32 |
| Ogun | 721 | 253 | 451 | 17 |
| Kaduna | 635 | 317 | 308 | 10 |
| Delta | 609 | 428 | 159 | 22 |
| Bauchi | 488 | 108 | 368 | 12 |
| Gombe | 482 | 164 | 302 | 16 |
| Borno | 477 | 70 | 376 | 31 |
| Katsina | 434 | 173 | 239 | 22 |
| Jigawa | 317 | 120 | 191 | 6 |
| Plateau | 293 | 137 | 148 | 8 |
| Abia | 280 | 104 | 173 | 3 |
| Ebonyi | 264 | 41 | 222 | 1 |
| Imo | 247 | 223 | 21 | 3 |
| Kwara | 217 | 83 | 128 | 6 |
| Nasarawa | 193 | 73 | 112 | 8 |
| Bayelsa | 184 | 131 | 41 | 12 |
| Enugu | 174 | 138 | 31 | 5 |
| Ondo | 162 | 78 | 67 | 17 |
| Sokoto | 140 | 8 | 118 | 14 |
| Akwa Ibom | 83 | 38 | 43 | 2 |
| Niger | 79 | 39 | 37 | 3 |
| Zamfara | 76 | 0 | 71 | 5 |
| Osun | 73 | 22 | 46 | 5 |
| Anambra | 70 | 4 | 57 | 9 |
| Kebbi | 67 | 21 | 40 | 6 |
| Adamawa | 58 | 16 | 37 | 5 |
| Yobe | 56 | 3 | 45 | 8 |
| Benue | 47 | 31 | 15 | 1 |
| Ekiti | 35 | 5 | 28 | 2 |
| Taraba | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| Kogi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
