Covid-19 Pandemic In Nigeria: Ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria

COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
Confirmed cases
Confirmed deaths
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Nigeria
First outbreak	Milan, Italy
Index case	Lagos
Arrival date	27 February 2020 (4 years, 1 month, 4 weeks and 1 day ago)
Confirmed cases	4,971
Recovered	1,070
Deaths	164
Government website
covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

On March 9, 2020, a second case of the virus was reported in Ewekoro, Ogun State, in a Nigerian citizen who had contact with the Italian citizen.

On March 23, there were ten new cases: six in Lagos State, three in the FCT and one in Edo State. They also confirmed their first death, a 67-year-old Suleiman Achimugu.

Nigeria is Africa's largest economy, and it has a large oil industry. It was hit hard when oil prices fell below zero in spring 2020 because of the pandemic.

According to the World Data Lab, the coronavirus pandemic is bad for Africa's middle class. According to one economist from the Africa and the Middle East at Standard Chartered Bank, a middle-class person is someone who is not rich but does have a steady income. One of the industries that has helped Africa's middle class rise over the past 30 years is tourism, and many countries closed borders and encouraged people not to travel. Experts say this is especially bad because a strong middle class lifts the whole country.

By states

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria by state (

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State	Cases	Active	Recovered	Deaths
Lagos	22,562	1,223	21,119	220
FCT	6,385	369	5,934	82
Plateau	3,724	52	3,639	33
Oyo	3,693	406	3,242	45
Rivers	2,916	99	2,758	59
Kaduna	2,778	72	2,661	45
Edo	2,690	19	2,559	112
Ogun	2,103	78	1,994	31
Delta	1,823	37	1,737	49
Kano	1,768	24	1,690	54
Ondo	1,722	98	1,585	39
Enugu	1,332	21	1,290	21
Kwara	1,088	33	1,028	27
Ebonyi	1,055	6	1,019	30
Katsina	965	12	929	24
Osun	942	16	906	20
Gombe	938	56	857	25
Abia	926	9	908	9
Bauchi	750	16	720	14
Borno	745	4	705	36
Imo	648	23	613	12
Benue	493	22	460	11
Nasarawa	485	147	325	13
Bayelsa	426	23	382	21
Ekiti	346	13	327	6
Jigawa	325	6	308	11
Akwa Ibom	319	21	289	9
Niger	286	10	264	12
Anambra	285	1	265	19
Adamawa	261	4	238	19
Sokoto	165	–	148	17
Taraba	155	20	129	6
Kebbi	93	1	84	8
Yobe	92	13	71	8
Cross River	89	2	78	9
Zamfara	79	1	73	5
Kogi	5	–	3	2
Total	65,457	2,957	61,337	1,163
Note: Data as of 2020/11/17 23:00 WAT

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