- 14 new cases as at April 9
- Regrets error in Bauchi figures
BY VICTOR OSOWOCHI – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the figure of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country currently stands at 288 as at Thursday, April 9, 2020.
It said the development is as a result of 14 freshly confirmed cases of COVID-19 that have been were recorded.
According to NCDC, of the 288 cases that have been confirmed, 51 cases have been discharged with seven (7) deaths recorded s far.
The 14 new cases came in from only two states with Lagos as the epicentre having 13 and Delta state recording one (1) case.
The NCDC said the multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.
Meanwhile, the Center has apologize to Nigerians and the Bahchi State government for the error in its reported cases in the North East State.
Expressing its commitment to transparent and accurate reporting of test results, the NCDC said error is regrettable as it was only repeat tests for previously confirmed cases.
Below is the NCDC’s apology in a tweet on its official twitter handle.
NCDC
✔@NCDCgov
Yesterday, we erroneously reported 2 new cases in Bauchi. Following further review, we can confirm that these were repeat tests for previously confirmed cases.
We apologise for this error and remain committed to ensuring transparent and accurate reporting of test results.
CASE SUMMARY IN NIGERIA AS AT APRIL 9TH 2020
| Total Samples Tested | > 5000 |
| Total Confirmed cases | 288 |
| Discharged | 51 |
| Death | 7 |
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No of Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagos | 158 | 124 | 39 | 2 |
| Abuja FCT | 54 | 39 | 7 | 2 |
| Osun | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Edo | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Oyo | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Bauchi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Akwa Ibom | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaduna | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ogun | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Enugu | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ekiti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kwara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rivers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Benue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ondo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Katsina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 288 | 223 | 51 | 7 |
