Nigeria continues to record massive drop in COVID-19 cases across all states of the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said.
According to daily update on its website, NCDC said only 135 new cases were reported across Nigeria on Thursday, with 41 recorded in Lagos.
There was no single death recorded in the last 24 hours, as more people were discharged.
The NCDC said 146,890 people have been discharged till date, including 485 on Thursday.
Among them were 162 recoveries from Ebonyi state.
The eastern state has had till date 1976 confirmed cases, out of whom 1936 have been discharged.
Thirty two died, while only eight active cases remain. In terms of the nation’s grim ranking, Ebonyi is 18th.
Including the 135 new confirmed cases recorded on Thursday, Nigeria’s Covid-19 cases inched up to 161,409.
NCDC said after adjusting for the 2027 deaths, only 12,492 cases remain active.
The new cases were reported from 16 states.
Here is the breakdown state by state:
Lagos-41
Imo-20
Ogun-14
FCT-10
Kebbi-11
Rivers-10
Akwa Ibom-8
Plateau-4
Ebonyi-3
Kaduna-3
Kano-3
Osun-3
Oyo-2
Ekiti-1
Gombe-1
Nasarawa-1
Confirmed Cases by State
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
| Lagos | 57,164 | 292 | 56,446 | 426 |
| FCT | 19,513 | 3,666 | 15,691 | 156 |
| Plateau | 9,006 | 75 | 8,874 | 57 |
| Kaduna | 8,838 | 118 | 8,655 | 65 |
| Rivers | 6,852 | 159 | 6,595 | 98 |
| Oyo | 6,821 | 512 | 6,193 | 116 |
| Edo | 4,864 | 154 | 4,518 | 192 |
| Ogun | 4,591 | 227 | 4,315 | 49 |
| Kano | 3,881 | 25 | 3,747 | 109 |
| Ondo | 3,129 | 974 | 2,094 | 61 |
| Kwara | 3,049 | 289 | 2,705 | 55 |
| Delta | 2,597 | 782 | 1,744 | 71 |
| Osun | 2,503 | 96 | 2,355 | 52 |
| Nasarawa | 2,315 | 1,929 | 373 | 13 |
| Enugu | 2,221 | 327 | 1,865 | 29 |
| Katsina | 2,082 | 18 | 2,030 | 34 |
| Gombe | 2,025 | 5 | 1,976 | 44 |
| Ebonyi | 1,976 | 8 | 1,936 | 32 |
| Anambra | 1,909 | 64 | 1,826 | 19 |
| Akwa Ibom | 1,732 | 471 | 1,247 | 14 |
| Abia | 1,644 | 31 | 1,592 | 21 |
| Imo | 1,639 | 68 | 1,535 | 36 |
| Bauchi | 1,482 | 198 | 1,267 | 17 |
| Borno | 1,324 | 86 | 1,200 | 38 |
| Benue | 1,188 | 575 | 591 | 22 |
| Adamawa | 942 | 641 | 270 | 31 |
| Niger | 928 | 494 | 417 | 17 |
| Taraba | 910 | 24 | 864 | 22 |
| Ekiti | 857 | 65 | 781 | 11 |
| Bayelsa | 832 | 41 | 765 | 26 |
| Sokoto | 770 | 1 | 741 | 28 |
| Jigawa | 501 | 5 | 480 | 16 |
| Kebbi | 438 | 32 | 392 | 14 |
| Cross River | 357 | 13 | 327 | 17 |
| Yobe | 293 | 25 | 259 | 9 |
| Zamfara | 231 | 2 | 221 | 8 |
| Kogi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |