The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has acknowledged a mistake in the number of confirmed Coronavirus cases it recently released. Earlier, the health agency reported 210 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria as at 10:30 pm on April 3. However, in a correction posted on its Twitter handle, the NCDC stated that only 25 new cases of Coronavirus were reported on April 3, with the 26th case being a repeat result of a previously confirmed case. The corrected breakdown is as follows: Lagos- 11, Osun- 6, FCT- 3, Edo- 3, Ondo- 1, Oyo- 1. 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.”
