Nigeria has recorded no fewer than 1,302 deaths from coronavirus-related complications.
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control made this known on its website on Sunday.
The agency also said Nigeria recorded 576 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.
Data on the NCDC’s website showed that Nigeria has so far tested 952,975 persons since the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 was recorded in the country on February 27, 2020.
A breakdown of the data also revealed that the total number of infections in the country has risen to 89,163 while active cases are 13,072.
NCDC added that 74,789 patients had been discharged from the various isolation centres in the country, having tested negative to the virus twice.
A further breakdown of the data showed that Lagos has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases with 31,107 infections, followed by the FCT 11,861; Kaduna 5,328; Plateau 4,905, and Oyo 3,994.
NCDC said, “On the 2nd of January 2021, 576 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 89, 163 cases have been confirmed, 74, 789 cases have been discharged and 1302 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 576 new cases are reported from 15 states- Lagos (277), FCT (90), Oyo (51), Nasarawa (49), Sokoto (23), Anambra (14), Bauchi (11), Imo (11), Kano (11), Edo (10), Plateau (10), Ogun (9), Osun (5), Jigawa (3), and Rivers (2).
A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.”
States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 31,107 4,124 26,736 247
FCT 11,861 4,185 7,574 102
Kaduna 5,328 626 4,649 53
Plateau 4,905 329 4,533 43
Oyo 3,994 541 3,402 51
Rivers 3,555 292 3,199 64
Edo 2,880 87 2,676 117
Ogun 2,533 217 2,282 34
Kano 2,308 310 1,930 68
Delta 1,888 99 1,737 52
Ondo 1,811 32 1,738 41
Katsina 1,636 180 1,429 27
Kwara 1,414 289 1,094 31
Enugu 1,382 13 1,348 21
Gombe 1,338 300 1,001 37
Ebonyi 1,097 -5 1,072 30
Bauchi 1,020 143 860 17
Osun 1,019 34 962 23
Abia 1,000 22 968 10
Nasarawa 848 510 325 13
Borno 796 22 738 36
Imo 766 32 722 12
Benue 532 52 469 11
Bayelsa 519 77 421 21
Akwa Ibom 437 43 385 9
Niger 417 84 320 13
Ekiti 410 9 395 6
Jigawa 406 27 368 11
Adamawa 391 132 238 21
Sokoto 380 114 248 18
Anambra 322 28 274 20
Taraba 217 23 187 7
Yobe 187 56 123 8
Kebbi 173 20 144 9
Cross River 169 0 157 12
Zamfara 112 25 82 5
Kogi 5 0 3
