NCDC Apologises For Error In Coronavirus Results, Now Says Total 209
It said that the total number of confirmed cases in the country as of 10.30 pm on Friday, April 3rd, 2020 is two hundred and nine (209) and not two hundred and ten (210) that it announced earlier.
With the correction, the number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Osun is twenty (20) and Oyo now has nine (9).
Lagos State remains at the top of the list with one hundred and nine (109) cases, followed by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja which has forty one (41) cases.
The NCDC, via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Saturday, April 4th subsequently apologised for the error it reported on Friday.
It said,
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 and four deaths.
For a breakdown of cases by states, Lagos has 109 cases, FCT- 41, Osun- 20, Oyo- nine, Akwa Ibom- five, Ogun- four, Edo- seven, Kaduna- four, Bauchi- three, Enugu- two, Ekiti- two, Rivers-one, Benue- one, and Ondo- one.
We regret the error in our announcement of new #COVID19 cases in Nigeria yesterday (Friday).
The NCDC remains committed to ensuring transparency and accurate reporting of infectious disease cases in Nigeria.
CORRECTION 1/4
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 pic.twitter.com/oq2FA6zvpY
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 4, 2020
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