Nigerians React as NCDC Discharges Over 11,000 COVID-19 Patients in 1-Day

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its COVID-19 update on Tuesday noted that more than 11,100 patients have recovered from the virus within 24 hours after its last report.

The report posted on the Centre’s official Twitter handle on Tuesday (4th August) indicated that 31,851 patients have recovered from the virus; a sudden surge of 11,188 when compared with the report released on Monday (3rd August) which revealed 20,663 were discharged.

Meanwhile, the comparison of NCDC report on Sunday (2nd of August) and that of Monday (3rd August) indicated a margin of 355.

According to the Centre’s update on Tuesday (4th August), Nigeria recorded 304 new cases of the virus.

The state with the new cases include: “FCT-90; Lagos-59; Ondo-39; Taraba-18; Rivers-17; Borno-15; Adamawa-12; Oyo-11; Delta-9; Edo-6; Bauchi-4; Kwara-4; Ogun-4; Osun-4; Bayelsa-3; Plateau-3; Niger-3; Nasarawa-2; Kano-1.

“44,433 confirmed 31,851 discharged 910 deaths”

In the report for Monday (3rd August), 288 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Nigeria. The states with the new cases were; “Lagos-88; Kwara-33; Osun-27; FCT-25; Enugu-25; Abia-20; Kaduna-17; Plateau-13; Rivers-13; Delta-10; Gombe-8; Ogun-4; Oyo-3; Katsina-1; Bauchi-1.

“44,129 confirmed 20,663 discharged 896 deaths”.

So far, Kogi State has the lowest number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The state has recorded 5 confirmed cases as at 4th of August.

Lagos State remains the epicentre, Nigerian state with the highest number of the virus. The Centre of Excellence has recorded 15, 414 cases as at 4th of August.

See reactions of some Nigerians:

@Tofey “What kind of magic happened to the discharged figure within 24 hrs?

@Dregue7, “Them don tire. But the virus increased rapidly when the lockdown was serious only to decrease when there is no lockdown anymore and people don’t give a damn about the face mask. If you ask me sounds suspicious.”

@amaraedec, “Time for the virus to pack up. This is Nigeria, money has been embezzled, and millions of Nigerians have been thrown into abject poverty. While the Middle class are losing their jobs unabatedly. But guess what?? Nothing will ever be done. Just Cruise! We move.”

@husmanov, “They noticed people aren’t paying attention to them again like before. So they tried to close the gap.”

@destineddavid, “In the politics of this COVID I give it up to Lagos State 10,946 discharge in a day all managed at home.Nigeria I hail o. Congratulations and Thank God for life.

@AyanfeofGod, “Dear NCDC, I said I won’t check this your daily cases again but 11,188 discharged within 24hrs what’s happening here?”

@Mobytoolz, “NCDC don’t rate us.
11 thousand discharged in one day? Ananais and Sapphira didn’t even lie to this extent, yet they lost their lives.”

@harrizon_jnr, “NCDC discharged about 11,000 COVID19 patients in 24hr. If this continues we will be the first country to successfully fight COVID 19.”

@Alvinuzor, “NCDC discharged about 10,000 patients yesterday. Do we have vaccine or what is going on in Nigeria?”

@Madachriking, “It’s a miracle. I happy for the released captives. If NCDC like make dem dey cashout on this pandemic. Nothing lasts forever.”

@gbolohunadetunj, “That 11k discharged in Naij. I’m confused, on is NCDC for or against the virus.

_olufisayo, “Most of these people they claimed got discharged are people they told to take care of themselves at home. NCDC for once didn’t check on these people. But once they tested positive, they add them to the list and update their budget.”