The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country are 209 as against the 210 it reported on Friday night.
The centre made the correction via a tweet on its verified Twitter handle stating that one of the cases was a repeat result of a previously confirmed case and not a new case.
The tweet read: “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
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As at 10:30 pm 3rd April, there are
209 confirmed cases
25 discharged
4 deaths
“For a breakdown of cases by states-
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.”
