Covid19: See the NCDC Corrected report of April 3

 

The Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC has come up with a corrected report of covid19 cases till March 3.

This was released in a trend of tweet on Saturday. 

On 3rd of April 2020, we reported 26 new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. An error has been discovered in this report as follows:

There were 25 new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. The 26th case was a repeat result of a previously confirmed case and NOT a new case.

Of the 25 new cases reported, 1 case was inadvertently reported from Osun state. This case was from OYO STATE

The correct breakdown is as follows:

Lagos- 11

Osun- 6

FCT- 3

Edo- 3

Ondo- 1

Oyo- 1

As at 10:30 pm 3rd April, there are

 

209 confirmed cases

25 discharged

4 deaths

For a breakdown of cases by states- Go Here

Lagos- 109

FCT- 41

Osun- 20

Oyo- 9

Akwa Ibom- 5

Ogun- 4

Edo- 7

Kaduna- 4

Bauchi- 3

Enugu- 2

Ekiti- 2

Rivers-1

Benue- 1

Ondo- 1

We regret the error in our announcement of new #COVID19 cases in Nigeria yesterday. 

The NCDC remains committed to ensuring transparency and accurate reporting of infectious disease cases in Nigeria