Coronavirus: NCDC releases situation report of Sunday, May 24
- As Nigeria's coronavirus cases are set to hit the 8,000 threshold, NCDC says 45,683 samples have been collected for Covid-19 tests
- In a May 24 situation report released by the agency, 7,839 people were reported to have tested positive to the pandemic with 2,263 recoveries recorded
- 226 fatalities have been unfortunately recorded as the total global cases hit a frightening figure of 5, 204, 508
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that a total of 45,683 samples have been collected and examined since February 2020 when coronavirus hit the country against all odds.
The national disease control agency made the disclosure in its situation report of Sunday, May 24, as Nigeria's Covid-19 cases spiked in magnitude, posing a great challenge to the economy and security of lives.
Of the total tested cases, 7839 people have been tested positive to the fast-spreading virus which has plunged the world into the arguably biggest crisis in modern history.
It would be recalled that on Sunday night, NCDC announced 313 new cases in 17 states with Lagos leading the pack with 148 new cases.
In its subsequent update on Monday, May 25, the agency stated that 2,263 people have been successfully discharged as the pandemic spreads to 35 states including the FCT.
NCDC gave further breakdown as follows.
Demographics
1. Total male cases – 5357 (68%)
2. Total female cases – 2482 (32%)
Most affected age group
31 - 40 (24%)
People of interest
9977 (Total)
9,695 (97.2% - Exceeded Follow Up)
Cases by travel history – 210 (3%)
Community-based contact – 1792 (23%)
Number of cases with no epidemic link – 4395 (56%)
Number of incomplete cases – 1442 (18%)
Coronavirus has been recorded in 213 with total global cases now 5, 204, 508. Meanwhile, 337, 687 deaths have been recorded.
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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that NCDC raised a fresh alarm over the Covid-19 status of Kogi, with the agency disclosing that only one test was carried out in the northcentral state.
Kogi is the only state yet to officially record any case of coronavirus in the country after Cross Rivers.
Amid growing concern over the state government's utter denial of the presence of coronavirus, NCDC said Kogi only conducted just one Covid-19 test.
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