Nigeria recorded 1617 new COVID-19 confirmed cases, 622 discharged and 14 deaths on January 18th 2021.
Till date, 112004 cases have been confirmed, 89939 cases have been discharged and 1449 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
The 1617 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos (776), Kaduna (147) Kwara (131), FCT (102), Plateau (78), Edo (59), Ogun (53), Osun (45), Rivers (37), Taraba (36), Nasarawa (34), Adamawa (33), Kano (26), Delta (20), Ebonyi (16), Bayelsa (11), Gombe(11) and Borno (2).
A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.