Nigeria Centre for Disease Control yesterday, Sunday 10th April, 2020 disclosed that there was a blunder in what was published on the previous day, Saturday, May 9th April worldtopnewsng.com can confirm.
The agency in its official twitter handle monitored by worldtopnewsng.com admitted it announced an additional 32 discharged cases and 2 deaths to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) report.
“On the 9th on May, we announced 45 discharged cases & 4 deaths in FCT”
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“Due to system error, 32 discharged cases and 2 deaths were wrongly announced”
“Therefore, FCT recorded 13 discharged cases & 2 deaths on May 9 2020”
“We apologise to @OfficialFCTA for this error”
On the 9th on May, we announced 45 discharged cases & 4 deaths in FCT
Due to system error, 32 discharged cases and 2 deaths were wrongly announced
Therefore, FCT recorded 13 discharged cases & 2 deaths on May 9 2020
We apologise to @OfficialFCTA for this error
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 10, 2020
The NCDC remains committed to providing valid and accurate data.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/Z5x7UFXpXd pic.twitter.com/90LpEhBmYS
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 10, 2020