Nigeria’s Covid-19 cases is now 17,735 with 587 new case as Lagos, Abuja top list (See breakdown by State)

The coronavirus disease has spread to 35 states in the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). However, the infections are not evenly spread as the number of coronavirus cases in Lagos and the FCT alone is higher than the combined figure for all the other 34 states.

Lagos tops the Covid-19 chart with 7,616 cases while Abuja comes a distant second with 1,391 cases.

The two have 9,007 cases combined out of the 17,735 cases across the country which represents 50.7% of the total Covid-19 cases in the country.

Cross River is yet to record a case of the new coronavirus in Nigeria.

Below is the break down of the cases in the states of Covid-19 cases:
Lagos – 7,616
FCT – 1,391
Kano – 1,160
Rivers – 696
Edo – 695
Oyo – 661
Ogun – 586
Kaduna – 490
Borno – 457
Gombe – 443
Bauchi – 430
Katsina – 414
Delta – 367
Jigawa – 317
Plateau – 186
Nasarawa – 177
Abia – 173
Kwara – 172
Ebonyi – 162
Imo – 159
Sokoto – 133
Bayelsa – 111
Enugu – 93
Ondo – 89
Zamfara – 76
Kebbi – 67
Anambra – 66
Niger – 66
Yobe – 55
Osun – 50
Akwa Ibom – 48
Adamawa – 42 Benue – 36 Ekiti – 30
Taraba – 18
Kogi – 3.