Nigeria records 179 new COVID-19 infections, total now 161,074

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 179 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 161,074.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday.

“On the 16th of March 2021, 179 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 161074 cases have been confirmed, 146072 cases have been discharged and 2018 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 179 new cases are reported from 19 states- Lagos (47), Kaduna (21), Rivers (18), Akwa Ibom (14), FCT (11), Edo (10), Cross River (9), Ogun (9), Nasarawa (6), Ebonyi (5), Ekiti (5), Zamfara (5), Delta (4), Kano (4), Osun (4), Plateau (3), Abia (2), Gombe (1) and Sokoto (1),” the NVDC said.

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths

Lagos 57,081 341 56,315 425

FCT 19,490 3,713 15,621 156

Plateau 8,995 78 8,860 57

Kaduna 8,825 130 8,630 65

Rivers 6,831 204 6,529 98

Oyo 6,810 507 6,187 116

Edo 4,847 169 4,493 185

Ogun 4,573 217 4,307 49

Kano 3,878 38 3,731 109

Ondo 3,124 983 2,080 61

Kwara 3,042 282 2,705 55

Delta 2,597 782 1,744 71

Osun 2,496 103 2,341 52

Nasarawa 2,311 1,925 373 13

Enugu 2,221 327 1,865 29

Katsina 2,073 9 2,030 34

Gombe 2,024 9 1,971 44

Ebonyi 1,973 167 1,774 32

Anambra 1,909 64 1,826 19

Akwa Ibom 1,721 478 1,229 14

Abia 1,631 22 1,588 21

Imo 1,619 151 1,432 36

Bauchi 1,482 198 1,267 17

Borno 1,321 83 1,200 38

Benue 1,188 575 591 22

Adamawa 942 641 270 31

Niger 928 494 417 17

Taraba 881 55 804 22

Ekiti 853 70 773 10

Bayelsa 828 37 765 26

Sokoto 770 1 741 28

Jigawa 501 5 480 16

Kebbi 427 90 323 14

Cross River 353 9 327 17

Yobe 293 25 259 9

Zamfara 231 2 221 8

Kogi 5 0 3 2