Nigeria tested fewer people for coronavirus last week than it did the previous week, a PREMIUM TIMES' review of data from the NCDC shows.
Kaduna, as of Saturday night, has the eighth highest number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria.
However, the NCDC’s target of testing two million people in three months appears increasingly unrealistic as it is yet to test a hundred thousand persons six weeks after setting the target.In its weekly review of the NCDC data, PREMIUM TIMES found that apart from the increase in the number of new infections last week, there was also a significant increase in recoveries.
However, while recoveries increased, deaths also increased. A total of 69 new deaths were recorded across the country last week as against the 52 reported in the previous week, a 25 per cent increase. Kano State, which has the second-highest number of cases after Lagos, recorded 46 new cases last week, one of its lowest weekly figures in the past three weeks.While Lagos and Kano witnessed a reduction last week, the figures were higher in some states like Edo, which recorded 103 new cases; Nasarawa, which reported 42 new cases, a 65 per cent increase; and the FCT, which had 296 new cases.A total of 12,233 coronavirus cases have been confirmed across Nigeria.
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