raising the total number of confirmed cases to 165,110. the death toll rose to 2,063. the number of recovered patients increased to 155,101, leaving 7,946 active cases at the end of the month. there were 1,408 new cases in may, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 166,518. the death toll rose to 2,099. the number of recovered patients increased to 158,781, leaving 5,638 active cases at the end of the month. there were 1,025 new cases in june, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 167,543. the death toll rose to 2,120. the number of recovered patients increased to 163,985, leaving 1,438 active cases at the end of the month. july–september there were 6,365 new cases in july, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 173,908. the death toll rose to 2,149. the number of recovered patients increased to 164,994, leaving 6,765 active cases at the end of the month. there were 18,523 new cases in august, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 192,431. the death toll rose to 2,469. the number of recovered patients increased to 178,759, leaving 11,203 active cases at the end of the month. there were 13,348 new cases in september, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 205,779. the death toll rose to 2,721. the number of recovered patients increased to 193,617, leaving 9,441 active cases at the end of the month. october–december there were 6,182 new cases in october, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 211,961. the death toll rose to 2,896. the number of recovered patients increased to 203,248, leaving 5,817 active cases at the end of the month. there were 2,257 new cases in november, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 214,218. the death toll rose to 2,977. the number of recovered patients increased to 207,304, leaving 3,937 active cases at the end of the month. nigeria's first three cases of the omicron variant were confirmed on 1 december. all three were passengers arriving from south africa. there were 28,123 new cases in december, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 242,341. the death toll rose to 3,031. the number of recovered patients increased to 214,296, leaving 25,014 active cases at the end of the month. modelling by who's regional office for africa suggests that due to under-reporting, the true cumulative number of infections by the end of 2021 was around 92 million while the true number of covid-19 deaths was around 44,340. january–march there were 10,701 new cases in january, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 253,042. the death toll rose to 3,135. the number of recovered patients increased to 229,177, leaving 20,730 active cases at the end of the month. there were 1,483 new cases in february, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 254,525. the death toll rose to 3,142. the number of recovered patients increased to 249,013, leaving 2,370 active cases at the end of the month. there were 943 new cases in march, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 255,468. the death toll remained unchanged. the number of recovered patients increased to 249,612, leaving 2,714 active cases at the end of the month. april–june there were 285 new cases in april, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 255,753. the death toll rose to 3,143. the number of recovered patients increased to 249,911, leaving 2,699 active cases at the end of the month. there were 275 new cases in may, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 256,028. the death toll remained unchanged. the number of recovered patients increased to 250,036, leaving 2,849 active cases at the end of the month. there were 1262 new cases in june, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 257,290. the death toll rose to 3,144. the number of recovered patients increased to 250,229, leaving 3,917 active cases at the end of the month. july–september there were 4,183 new cases in july, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 261,473. the death toll rose to 3,147. the omicron ba.5.2.1 variant was present in nigeria since july. there were 2,221 new cases in august, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 263,694. the death toll rose to 3,148. there were 1,688 new cases in september, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 265,382. the death toll rose to 3,155. october–december there were 736 new cases in october, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 266,138. the death toll rose to 3,155. there were 145 new cases in november, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 266,283. the death toll remained unchanged. there were 167 new cases in december, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 266,450. the death toll remained unchanged. vaccination main article: covid-19 vaccination in nigeria on 2 march 2021, the first shipment of four million oxford–astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine doses from the covax initiative arrived at nnamdi azikiwe international airport in nigeria, and vaccinations began three days later on 5 march. as of 28 february 2022, 17,914,944 people have received their first dose of a covid-19 vaccine, and 8,197,832 have received their second dose. statistics confirmed covid-19 cases in nigeria confirmed covid-19 cases in nigeria daily new confirmed covid-19 cases in nigeria daily new confirmed covid-19 cases in nigeria daily covid-19 deaths in nigeria daily covid-19 deaths in nigeria by state confirmed covid-19 cases in nigeria by state () state cases active recovered deaths lagos 99,193 362 98,062 769 fct 28,618 98 28,272 248 rivers 16,636 54 16,428 154 kaduna 11,242 8 11,146 88 plateau 10,252 3 10,174 75 oyo 10,219 77 9,940 202 edo 7,694 0 7,373 321 ogun 5,810 11 5,717 82 delta 5,369 88 5,170 111 ondo 5,173 315 4,749 109 kano 4,985 7 4,851 127 akwa ibom 4,657 27 4,586 44 kwara 4,601 362 4,175 64 osun 3,311 36 3,183 92 gombe 3,307 83 3,158 66 enugu 2,952 13 2,910 29 anambra 2,825 46 2,760 19 nasarawa 2,720 336 2,345 39 imo 2,560 22 2,480 58 katsina 2,418 0 2,381 37 abia 2,173 5 2,134 34 benue 2,129 340 1,764 25 ebonyi 2,064 28 2,004 32 ekiti 2,004 50 1,926 28 bauchi 1,953 14 1,915 24 borno 1,629 5 1,580 44 taraba 1,473 62 1,377 34 bayelsa 1,315 5 1,282 28 adamawa 1,203 68 1,103 32 niger 1,148 130 998 20 cross river 827 5 797 25 sokoto 817 0 789 28 jigawa 669 2 649 18 yobe 609 0 600 9 kebbi 480 10 454 16 zamfara 375 0 366 9 kogi 5 0 3 2 total 255,415 2,672 249,601 3,142 note: data as of 30 march 2022 23:00 wat government response main article: nigerian government response to the covid-19 pandemic