21st May Covid19 Report, Nationwide, Worldwide

21st May Covid19 Report, Nationwide, Worldwide

Coronavirus Pandemic

By 21st May 2020, Nigeria’s covid19 confirmed infections hit 7,016. This is with the addition of 339 new cases across 18 states.

 

Breakdown of new infections by states:
  1. Lagos: 139
  2. Kano: 28
  3. Oyo: 28
  4. Edo: 25
  5. Katsina: 22
  6. Kaduna: 18
  7. Jigawa: 14
  8. Yobe: 13
  9. Plateau: 13
  10. FCT: 11
  11. Gombe: 8
  12. Ogun: 5
  13. Bauchi: 4
  14. Nasarawa: 4
  15. Delta: 3
  16. Ondo: 2
  17. Rivers: 1
  18. Adamawa: 1

 

Highlights of total figures as at 21st May:
  1. 40,043
  2. Total confirmed infections: 7,016
  3. Currently active: 4,898
  4. Discharged: 1,907
  5. Deaths: 211

 

21st May deaths:
  1. FCT: 3
  2. Rivers: 3
  3. Jigawa: 1
  4. Nasarawa: 1
  5. Adamawa: 2
  6. Ekiti: 1

 

Testing and discharge criteria:

The Director General of the NCDC has announced that it will henceforth change its “discharge criteria from 2 negative tests of 24-48 hours apart to a single negative test. 

According to him, “It was a pragmatic decision because of pressure on isolation facilities. Also, most of our initial negative tests have been followed by 2nd negative tests.”

The Presidential Task Force on Covid19 ( #PTFCOVID19also announced that it will repurpose unused Tuberculosis testing machines for covid19 testing. . The PTF adds that it is adopting this as a strategy to decentralise testing.

 

Worldwide covid19 report a at 22nd May, 1:30 am:
  1. Total cases: 5,189,176
  2. Deaths: 334,072
  3. Recovered: 2,078,536
  4. Active cases: 2,776,568
  5. Closed cases (cases which had an outcome): 2,412,608
    • Recovered and discharged: 2,078,536 (86%)
    • Deaths: 334,072 (14%)
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