The number of new covid-19 infections for Rivers State released by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday, conflicted with the number announced by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, sparking insinuations on social media.
Wike had stated this during a broadcast on Wednesday that the state recorded 16 new infections.
He said “Time and time again, we have said that the lockdown is a necessary measure, universally applied, to mitigate community transmission of the covid-19 pandemic.
“Our own situation is not and can’t be different. Covid-19 is not only here with us; it is increasing in a number of infections as we recorded 16 new cases for today, the highest since the index case, which goes to confirm not only my personal apprehension for our State and the need to be d tough in our mitigation strategies.
“And so, there is no room for politics in this matter. We must discharge our abiding duty to use the primary weapons at our disposal to combat this virus and contain its spread, lest we regret the consequences of our inactivity and indiscretions”
But a tally released by the NCDC on Wednesday night showed that Rivers State recorded 10 new infections instead of 16.
184 new cases of #COVID19;
51-Lagos
23-Jigawa
16-Bauchi
16-Katsina
14-Kano
10-FCT
10-Rivers
9-Kwara
5-Delta
5-Kaduna
4-Sokoto
4-Oyo
3-Kebbi
3-Nasarawa
3-Osun
2-Ondo
1-Ebonyi
1-Edo
1-Enugu
1-Anambra
1-Plateau
1-Niger4971 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1070
Deaths: 164 pic.twitter.com/jcwyRPnAvv— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 13, 2020
However, Rivers State, Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC), in a tweet clarified the misunderstanding between the figures.
10 new cases of Covid 19 in Rivers State as announced by @NCDCgov. One patient was discharged leaving 25 active cases on admission. 6 retests came back positive from persons already on admission. #TakeResponsibility by #HandHygiene #PhysicalDistancing https://t.co/n1uZ0Usc7w pic.twitter.com/RIrhOR9WlD
— Rivers PHEOC (@RiversPHEOC) May 14, 2020
