COVID-19: Nigeria Update, Highest Daily Figure Recorded

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control recorded the highest daily figure of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria so far, as 553 cases were documented on Saturday.

This development brings the number of confirmed cases in the country to 9, 855.

The country also recorded the 2nd and 3rd ranking daily figure of COVID-19 within the past 5 days; with 389 cases on May 27 and May 29 accounts for 387 cases.

However, 12 deaths were recorded from the virus on Saturday bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 273.

Lagos remains the epicentre of the Coronavirus in Nigeria as the highest number of cases with 378 was recorded in the state.

In a late night tweet oSaturday, NCDC reported 553 new cases which occurred in 14 states and the FCT: Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) , Delta, Edo, Rivers, Ogun, Kaduna, Kano, Borno, Katsina, Jigawa, Oyo, Yobe, Plateau and Osun.

β€œTill date, 9855 cases have been confirmed, 2856 cases have been discharged and 273 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” the post stated.

With 553 new cases reported as follows: Lagos – 378, FCT – 52, Delta – 23, Edo – 22, Rivers – 14, Ogun – 13, Kaduna 12, Kano – 9, Borno – 7, Katsina – 6, Jigawa – 5, Oyo – 5, Yobe – 3, Plateau – 3, and Osun– 1.

Since February when the Nigeria’s index case was recorded, upto 60, 825 have been tested by NCDC.

Up to date, Nigeria has 6, 726 active cases of COVID-19 while 2,856 people have recovered and discharged from the virus, with 273 deaths recorded.

The breakdown of the confirmed 9, 885 cases indicates that Lagos State has 4,755 cases, followed by Kano with 951 cases, FCT – 616, Katsina – 364, Edo – 284, Oyo – 280, Borno – 271,Jigawa – 270, Ogun – 259, Kaduna – 244, Bauchi – 236, Rivers – 204, Gombe – 156, Sokoto – 116, Plateau – 104, Kwara – 87, Delta – 80, Zamfara – 76, Nasarawa – 62, Yobe – 52, Akwa Ibom – 45, Osun – 45, Ebonyi – 40, Adamawa – 38, Imo – 34, Kebbi – 33, Niger – 30, Ondo – 25, Ekiti – 20, Enugu – 18, Taraba – 18, Bayelsa – 12, Anambra – 11, Abia – 10, Benue – 7 and Kogi – 2.

Despite these figures, many are of the opinion that Nigeria lacks behind in testing, that is in context of the population and this may imply the statistical representation of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria may be far from the realistic situation of the country.

The DG of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, had previously highlighted this concern and the need to intensify efforts to improve COVID-19 testing in Nigeria.

According to NCDC, an additional laboratory to its molecular laboratory network has been activated.

The Bauchi State Reference Molecular Laboratory is the 29th of its kind in the country.

The health agency in a tweet earlier on Saturday also said, two more laboratories, in Kwara and Gombe, are in progress.

“We are pleased to announce the inclusion of an additional lab to the NCDC Molecular Laboratory Network: Bauchi State Reference Molecular Laboratory,”

β€œThis brings the total number of labs with the capacity to test for COVID-19 in Nigeria to 29. In progress: Kwara and Gombe.” The tweet reads.

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