June 9, 2026

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases crosses 20,000 — breakdown by state

By Muhammad A. Aliyu

Nigeria on 21st of June 2020 crossed 20,000 cases of COVID-19.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 436 additional cases, bringing the total cases to 20,244 across 35 states including FCT, the federal capital territory.

Number of deaths jumped to 518 with 6,879 patients discharged across the country.

Here is the breakdown of cases by state:

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 8,576 7,006 1,444 126
FCT 1,567 1,051 486 30
Kano 1,190 428 712 50
Oyo 912 621 282 9
Rivers 874 452 391 31
Edo 784 556 197 31
Ogun 646 270 361 15
Kaduna 580 268 302 10
Delta 501 360 124 17
Borno 468 75 362 31
Bauchi 464 129 324 11
Gombe 451 191 246 14
Katsina 426 171 233 22
Jigawa 317 120 191 6
Plateau 251 120 125 6
Ebonyi 234 97 137 0
Imo 234 210 21 3
Abia 222 126 93 3
Nasarawa 184 90 88 6
Kwara 180 52 122 6
Bayelsa 169 130 29 10
Enugu 144 110 29 5
Sokoto 135 6 115 14
Ondo 134 75 42 17
Zamfara 76 0 71 5
Kebbi 67 21 40 6
Anambra 66 6 51 9
Niger 66 26 37 3
Akwa Ibom 65 20 43 2
Osun 60 9 46 5
Yobe 56 3 45 8
Adamawa 45 3 37 5
Benue 44 29 15 0
Ekiti 35 5 28 2
Taraba 18 8 10 0
Kogi 3 3 0 0
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