COVID-19 cases dropping in Nigeria due to low testing, says PTF

September 1, 2020 by Delia Innoma 0 Comments

Nigeria’s steadily abating Coronavirus infection rate is due mainly to the decline in testing by states, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Monday.

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Control told Nigerians not to celebrate the reduced positive cases being reported as a flattening of the COVID-19 curve.

Speaking during the PTF briefing on Monday in Abuja, the Head of Disease Surveillance for the NCDC, Elsie Ilori, said: “In the month of August, we had very low number of samples collected.

The PTF noted that States like Kano, Lagos, Oyo, Edo, and FCT, had the biggest decrease in the number of samples collected in August. Also, local government areas lagged behind in sample collection, with no local government area in Kogi State collecting samples in August.

– The Nation

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