Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases decline significantly

On Saturday, only 341 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded by Nigeria, the lowest in February and since the second wave of the pandemic began last December.

Until Saturday, the lowest number of cases this month was the 506 recorded on 7 February.

The number of COVID-19 deaths similarly tanked: only three were announced by the NCDC, as against 11 on Friday.

Nigeria’s death toll from the virus inched to 1905, while confirmed cases are now 155,417.

The number of discharged rose to 133,256, while active cases fell from 20,608 to 20,183.

Here is a breakdown of the cases on Saturday:

Lagos-96
Rivers-41
Kaduna-33
Edo-21
Osun-20
Akwa Ibom-17
FCT-17
Ondo-15
Gombe-11
Kano-11
Imo-10
Ekiti-9
Kebbi-9
Kwara-8
Oyo-8
Borno-6
Enugu-3
Plateau-3
Delta-1
Niger-1
Ogun-1

155,417 confirmed
133,256 discharged
1,905 deaths

341 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria

Lagos-96
Rivers-41
Kaduna-33
Edo-21
Osun-20
Akwa Ibom-17
FCT-17
Ondo-15
Gombe-11
Kano-11
Imo-10
Ekiti-9
Kebbi-9
Kwara-8
Oyo-8
Borno-6
Enugu-3
Plateau-3
Delta-1
Niger-1
Ogun-1

155,417 confirmed
133,256 discharged
1,905 deaths pic.twitter.com/Am8f5TDr1U

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 27, 2021

Exactly one year ago, on the 27th of February 2020, Nigeria detected her first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was the first reported case in Sub-Saharan Africa. With over 150,000 cases reported since then, Nigeria’s response has been led by science and driven by the power of coordination, collaboration and solidarity across federal and state governments, partners, private sector and citizens.