COVID-19: Lagos, Kano & Abuja accounts for 63.6% of COVID-19 Cases in Nigeria | Felix Omoko's Blog

The Nigeria's coronavirus cases records  4,787 confirmed cases on exponential rate as reported by the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC with Lagos, Abuja and Kano accounting for 63.6% while other states is 36.4% as at 12th May, 2020.

Lagos state has 41% against other states and the FCT Abuja and this call for the urgent need for the Nigeria's government to do something beyond the ordinary to arrest the COVID-19 increasing numbers on a daily basis.

The federal capital territory Abuja accounts for 7% on the index case while Kano state has 14%. This shows that Lagos, Kano and the FCT Abuja need more attention due to their population.

S/N	States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
1	Lagos	1,990	1,455	502	33
2	Kano	693	586	74	33
3	FCT Abuja	360	288	65	7
4	Katsina	208	179	18	11
5	Bauchi	190	164	23	3
6	Borno	188	160	12	16
7	Ogun	127	76	46	5
8	Gombe	119	65	53	1
9	Jigawa	118	112	4	2
10	Kaduna	111	91	17	3
11	Sokoto	108	73	22	13
12	Edo	88	71	13	4
13	Zamfara	73	67	1	5
14	Oyo	69	51	16	2
15	Kwara	44	34	9	1
16	Osun	39	5	30	4
17	Kebbi	28	24	1	3
18	Nasarawa	25	24	0	1
19	Rivers	23	16	4	3
20	Adamawa	21	17	4	0
21	Yobe	20	19	0	1
22	Plateau	19	18	1	0
23	Akwa Ibom	17	5	10	2
24	Taraba	17	16	1	0
25	Delta	17	11	3	3
26	Ondo	16	4	11	1
27	Ekiti	15	5	9	1
28	Enugu	11	9	2	0
29	Niger	9	7	2	0
30	Ebonyi	8	8	0	0
31	Bayelsa	6	3	3	0
32	Benue	4	4	0	0
33	Imo	3	2	1	0
34	Abia	2	1	1	0
35	Anambra	1	0	1	0

Nigerians should play role of regular washing hands, social distancing, avoid social gatherings and the use of mask in public places.