381 new cases of #COVID19;
183-Lagos
55-Kano
44-Jigawa
19-Zamfara
19-Bauchi
11-Katsina
9-Borno
8-Kwara
7-Kaduna
6-Gombe
5-Ogun
4-Sokoto
3-Oyo
3-Rivers
2-Niger
1-Akwa Ibom
1-Enugu
1-Plateau
3526 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 601
Deaths: 107
The increase in the number of cases over the past few weeks has been attributed to the NCDC’s increased testing capacity.
While there have been concerns about the number of samples tested, Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, states that the figures released as total number of tests done does not fully reflect the work that goes on in the laboratories.
Speaking on Thursday at the presidential task force on COVID-19 briefing, he said the figures released do not reflect repeated tests.
“The data shared is on people tested not on tests done. The data we share when we say we have done about 22,000 tested, those are on people tested. We don’t include all the series of tests,” he said.
“Every individual that is positive will have to be tested every three, four or five days. And some would have stayed in the hospital for about four weeks, so all those are tests being done as well and all of that are on the lab.
“So the numbers are really not fully representing the works being done in the labs across the country. We are not reflecting those numbers in the numbers we share everyday.”
