Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has corrected its earlier report which stated that there was a new Coronavirus case in Ekiti state.
It would be recalled that the centre as at 10:20pm on Saturday night reported that there were forty-nine new cases across the country, one of which was reportedly confirmed in Ekiti.
NCDC has now come out to refute its Saturday report saying;
Yesterday, we erroneously reported one new case in Ekiti. This was wrong and was caused by an error in the verification process.
Therefore, as at April 18 2020, there are 541 confirmed cases, 166 discharged and 19 deaths.
Ekiti state has 3 confirmed cases, NOT 4
Yesterday, we erroneously reported one new case in Ekiti. This was wrong and was caused by an error in the verification process.
Therefore, as at April 18 2020, there are 541 confirmed cases, 166 discharged and 19 deaths.
Ekiti state has 3 confirmed cases, NOT 4 pic.twitter.com/6lqKG1ONVj
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 19, 2020
With the correction, there are now 3 Coronavirus cases in Ekiti, not 4 as earlier reported.
As at 10:40 pm 18th April, the correct breakdown of cases by state is as follows:
Lagos- 306
FCT- 81
Kano- 37
Osun- 20
Oyo- 16
Edo- 15
Ogun- 12
Kwara- 9
Katsina- 9
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Delta- 4
Ekiti- 3
Ondo- 3
Enugu- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 19, 2020
NCDC also apologised to the Government of Ekiti State for the error, stating;
We apologise to the Government of Ekiti State for this error.
We remain committed to improving our quality control processes, to ensure accurate and transparent reporting of cases pic.twitter.com/c6yPex9khE
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 19, 2020
