As Nigerians continue to experience the nationwide ease in lockdown announced by President Muhammadu Buhari, the country recorded a 16 per cent drop in coronavirus cases last week compared to the previous week, an analysis of data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows.
cases by the NCDC shows that Nigeria recorded 1,470 new cases in the past week , a 16 per cent drop from the 1,763 cases reported in the previous week . This week’s figure is, however, higher than the 1,206 cases recorded in the penultimate week , an indication the country cannot say it has flattened the curve of new cases.
Despite the reduction in the national aggregate, Jigawa, Niger and Yobe states reported double of their previous cases last week. So far, 1,472 persons have recovered and have been discharged while 176 have lost their lives to the infection.On Monday, 242 new cases of the pandemic were reported in the country. This brought the tally of confirmed cases to 4,641 as of 11:55 p.m. on May 11.A total of 184 new cases of the disease were reported on Wednesday which brought the number of confirmed cases to 4,971.
The health agency added that: “There are also available in-country two mobile laboratories equipped with two GeneXpert instruments each. These will be deployed as needed to support COVID-19 testing surge in target states.”Violations
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