The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has yet again admitted error in the number of cases in Nigeria as it says Ekiti currently has three cases and not four.
The centre had, on Saturday night, said Ekiti reported a fourth case of the coronavirus, which had brought the total number of infected persons in Nigeria to 542 after forty-nine new cases.
In a series of tweets on Sunday morning, NCDC said Nigeria now has 541 cases and not 542 as earlier reported.
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.
”Therefore, as at April 18 2020, there are 541 confirmed cases, 166 discharged and 19 deaths.
”Ekiti state has 3 confirmed cases, NOT 4.
”We apologise to the Government of Ekiti State for this error.
”We remain committed to improving our quality control processes, to ensure accurate and transparent reporting of cases.”