Nigeria recorded 1964 new cases of COVID-19. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on its verified Twitter handle today, January 21, 2021. Therefore, the total number of infections in Nigeria is 116,655. There are now 93,646 discharged cases. Furthermore, the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory have recorded 1,485 deaths.
Breakdown of the 1964 new cases reported from 25 states: Lagos-824 FCT-246 Plateau-166 Kaduna-128 Ogun-76 Nasarawa-74 Anambra-69 Edo-50 Rivers-45 Ondo-44 Niger-40 Oyo-38 Adamawa-35 Kano-31 Akwa Ibom-27 Gombe-19 Kwara-13 Ekiti-12 Delta-6 Kebbi-6 Bauchi-5 Ebonyi-4 Osun-3 Zamfara-1