COVID-19 in Nigeria: State by state breakdown of active cases, recoveries, deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, April 8, confirmed 22 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, bringing the total confirmed cases t0 276 since the index case was recorded in February.

Legit.ng in this piece brings you the case summary of the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, as at the morning of Thursday, April 9.

So far, there are 276 confirmed cases in 17 states (including the FCT) out of which 44 have recovered and six have died.

Total samples tested so far are now more than 5,000.

See the breakdown below, as provided by the NCDC.

1. Lagos

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 145

Number of Cases (on admission): 111

Number of Discharged: 32

Number of Deaths: 2

2. FCT (Abuja)

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 54

Number of Cases (on admission): 39

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Number of Discharged: 7

Number of Deaths: 2

3. Osun

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 20

Number of Cases (on admission): 19

Number of Discharged: 1

Number of Deaths: 0

4. Edo

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 12

Number of Cases (on admission): 9

Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 1

5. Oyo

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 11

Number of Cases (on admission): 10

Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 0

6. Bauchi

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 8

Number of Cases (on admission): 5

Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 0

7. Akwa Ibom

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 5

Number of Cases (on admission): 5

Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 0

8. Kaduna

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 5

Number of Cases (on admission): 4

Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 0

9. Ogun

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 4

Number of Cases (on admission): 2

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Number of Discharged: 2

Number of Deaths: 0

10. Enugu

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 2

Number of Cases (on admission): 2

Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 0

11. Ekiti

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 2

Number of Cases (on admission): 1

Number of Discharged: 1

Number of Deaths: 0

12. Kwara

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 2

Number of Cases (on admission): 0

Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 0

13. Rivers

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 2

Number of Cases (on admission): 1

Number of Discharged: 1

Number of Deaths: 0

14. Benue

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 1

Number of Cases (on admission): 1

Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 0

15. Ondo

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 1

Number of Cases (on admission): 1

Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 0

16. Delta

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 1

Number of Cases (on admission): 1

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Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 0

17. Katsina

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 1

Number of Cases (on admission): 1

Number of Discharged: 0

Number of Deaths: 1

TOTAL

Number of Cases (Lab Confirmed): 276

Number of Cases (on admission): 224

Number of Discharged: 44

Number of Deaths: 6

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director-general of the NCDC disclosed that 90% of COVID-19 patients recover without any intervention.

Ihekweazu made this known at the media briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Wednesday, April 8.

The NCDC boss was reacting to a question on how the governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, recovered from the virus in less than one week.

In another report, Pope Francis has said the coronavirus pandemic is one of "nature's responses" to humans ignoring the current ecological crisis.

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The pope said in an interview published on Wednesday, April 8, in The Tablet that COVID-19 offered an opportunity to slow down the rate of production and consumption and to learn to understand and contemplate the natural world.

"We did not respond to the partial catastrophes. Who now speaks of the fires in Australia, or remembers that 18 months ago a boat could cross the North Pole because the glaciers had all melted? Who speaks now of the floods?" the pope was quoted to have said.

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