COVID-19 cases in decline after Lagos failed to send data

Lagos on Monday failed to report to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) the COVID-19 cases it recorded for the day.

This gave a distorted picture of daily COVID-19 cases as the NCDC announced just 385 cases, from the 612 on Sunday.

It is expected that Lagos will submit its record on Tuesday as a backlog. It did the same on 10 December, when it reported 595 cases covering 8 and 9 December.

Here is a breakdown of cases announced by NCDC:

385 new cases of COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-116
Delta-115
Akwa Ibom-41
Ogun-33
Cross River-23
Edo-23
Kaduna-10
Rivers-7
Plateau-5
Bayelsa-5
Oyo-5
Kano-2
217,866 confirmed
210,076 discharged
2,983 deaths

According to NCDC, Monday’s report included:

▪️116 cases reported for FCT are for 12th (17) and 13th (97) Dec 2021

▪️115 cases reported for Delta state are backlog from October (31), November (61), December 7th (4), 8th (6), 9th (5), 10th (2), and 12th (6)

▪️42 recoveries reported for FCT are for 12th (34) and 13th (😎 Dec 2021

▪️41 cases reported for Akwa Ibom state are backlog from 21st October (32), 9th (1), and 10th (😎