The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the Akwa Ibom State Government was right in insisting that only 16 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the state.
The Centre maintained that it had erroneously repeated a sample test, which resulted in the 17 cases it earlier recorded for the state.
The apology by NCDC in their latest update on Saturday morning regretted the error and affirmed that Akwa Ibom had only 16 confirmed cases.
According to NCDC in the tweet sighted by Igbere TV, “On the 14th of May, 4 cases reported from Plateau and 1 case from Akwa Ibom, were repeat cases.
”Therefore, Plateau has a total of 21 cases and Akwa Ibom has a total of 16 cases.
“We apologise to the State Governments for the error and remain committed to ensuring accurate reporting.”
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong had told journalists few days ago that the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Akwa Ibom was slightly lower than the figure published by NCDC.
Widespread criticism and media attacks had trailed his comment, with most people alleging that the state government was trying to conceal the true situation in the state.
