The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has admitted that it made an error in the previous update on the number of confirmed cases released on Friday.
In the update, the NCDC reported 26 new cases instead of 25 cases. It explained that there was a mix up in the number of cases reported for Osun State.
According to the Centre, “Of the 25 new cases reported, 1 case was inadvertently reported from Osun state. This case was from OYO STATE
Explaining further, NCDC said; “The 26th case was a repeat result of a previously confirmed case and NOT a new case”
The previous update with the error posted by the Centre on Friday read; “Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 11 in Lagos, 3 in the FCT, 3 in Edo, 2 in Osun & 1 in Ondo”
The obvious error, rounded up the reported cases to 210, while if taking the correction, the total indicates 209 confirmed cases, 25 discharged and 4 deaths in Nigeria as at 3rd of April.
NCDC cleared the error on its official Twitter Handle: “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
“As at 10:30 pm 3rd April, there are 209 confirmed cases, 25 discharged, 4 deaths.
For a breakdown of cases by states- http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng Lagos- 109 FCT- 41 Osun- 20 Oyo- 9 Akwa Ibom- 5 Ogun- 4 Edo- 7 Kaduna- 4 Bauchi- 3 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 2 Rivers-1 Benue- 1 Ondo- 1”
The Centre later apologised for the misinformation, promising to be more transparent and accurate.
“We regret the error in our announcement of new #COVID19 cases in Nigeria yesterday. The NCDC remains committed to ensuring transparency and accurate reporting of infectious disease cases in Nigeria”
