NCDC Corrects Mistake: 541 Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria, Not 542
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has publicly corrected its earlier announcement of the total number of Coronavirus cases in Nigeria.
On Saturday night, the agency announced that Nigeria recorded 49 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total infections to 542.
However, the NCDC has now disclosed that a new case was mistakenly reported in Ekiti due to an error in the verification process. The agency has made a correction, revising the total confirmed cases to 541.
A new tweet shared by the health agency, reads;
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, with 166 discharged and 19 deaths.
Ekiti state has ...