The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday admitted it made a mistake in its report on the COVID-19 infections in Akwa Ibom State.
The centre said on its Twitter handle that the state had only 16 COVID-19 cases and not 17 as erroneously reported.
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, had told journalists earlier in the week that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state was lower than what the NCDC published.
The centre said: “On the 14th of May, four cases reported from Plateau and one case from Akwa Ibom were repeat cases.
“Therefore, Plateau, has a total of 21 cases and Akwa Ibom has 16. We apologise to the state governments for the error and remain committed to ensuring accurate reporting.”
