₦airaland Forum

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
https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1246411999350792192?s=19

The correct breakdown is as follows:

Lagos- 11
Osun- 6
FCT- 3
Edo- 3
Ondo- 1
Oyo- 1
https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1246412289990934528?s=19

As at 10:30 pm 3rd April, there are

209 confirmed cases
25 discharged
4 deaths

For a breakdown of cases by states-

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
https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1246412571844005889?s=19

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
https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1246412742459785216?s=19

They are humans, they can make mistake

Why can't Government make mistake and send Nigerians money?

Ok.
We've got the msg.

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Ok

NCDC should not feel bad about it. Even the country is error.

We know there are thousand cases now
Stop fooling us or I rather say stop fooling yourselves

They should always cross check their facts before posting online.

llade:
They should always cross check their facts before posting online.

They are humans, prone to making mistakes, nothing bad about that, moreso, they've rectified the mistake even publicly.


Even you, are you immune to mistakes?