75% Of Nigeria’s COVID-19 Victims Unaware Of How They Contracted Disease
About 75% of coronavirus victims in Nigeria could not tell where they contracted the disease after being diagnosed positive.
This was disclosed in the latest situation report published on the website of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday.
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The report for August 29 showed that out of the country’s 53,737 total confirmed cases, unknown exposures comprised 75% (40,140) cases, infections recorded from contact tracing were 12,737 (24%), while cases with travel history accounted for 1% (850).
The NCDC said it confirmed 250 cases in 20 states, 297 discharges in 15 states and zero deaths in the last 24 hours.
Lately, the country had consistently recorded a decline in the daily figures of confirmed coronavirus infections.
THE WHISTLER had reported that the Director-General of the NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, had attributed the decreased numbers in the past few weeks to the country’s increased testing capacity.
