The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday has corrected it's figure in a tweet on Sunday, saying 48 new infections were recorded in the last update while the total number of cases is still 541.
Also, NCDC apologises to Ekiti Govt over mistake in its record of the confirmed COVID-19.
According to it, the 541 cases were recorded in 20 states of the federation.
It noted that the pandemic and majority of the active cases were in a stable condition.
“Ekiti state has three confirmed cases, NOT four.
”Therefore, as at April 18 2020, there were 541 confirmed cases, 166 discharged and 19 deaths,” the centre tweeted.
Yesterday, we erroneously reported one new case in Ekiti. This was wrong and was caused by an error in the verification process.— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 19, 2020
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
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