FULL LIST: COVID-19 tests, confirmed cases in 36 states, FCT
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has released the number of COVID-19 tests conducted per state as at 17th May, 2020. It was part of the daily COVID-19 situation report of the health agency on Monday, which noted that 35, 983 tests have been conducted as at Sunday. The report revealed that Kogi and […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has released the number of COVID-19 tests conducted per state as at 17th May, 2020.
It was part of the daily COVID-19 situation report of the health agency on Monday, which noted that 35, 983 tests have been conducted as at Sunday.
The report revealed that Kogi and Cross River states have the lowest figures of samples tested since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country in February, 2020.
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According to the report, Kogi submitted only one sample while Cross Rivers submitted seven.
The breakdown is given below:
TESTING BREAKDOWN BY STATES (AS AT 17TH MAY 2020)
| STATES | TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES | TESTS DONE |
| Lagos | 2550 | 14886 |
| FCT | 418 | 4688 |
| Kano | 825 | 2653 |
| Ogun | 145 | 1607 |
| Oyo | 118 | 1420 |
| Gombe | 126 | 959 |
| Edo | 95 | 822 |
| Kwara | 58 | 770 |
| Kaduna | 142 | 755 |
| Jigawa | 201 | 744 |
| Katsina | 248 | 663 |
| Borno | 215 | 615 |
| Sokoto | 113 | 595 |
| Bauchi | 215 | 577 |
| Osun | 42 | 522 |
| Ondo | 20 | 385 |
| Delta | 27 | 357 |
| Rivers | 51 | 348 |
| Kebbi | 32 | 336 |
| Nasarawa | 31 | 324 |
| Zamfara | 74 | 253 |
| Ekiti | 19 | 226 |
| Imo | 7 | 184 |
| Ebonyi | 9 | 176 |
| Plateau | 35 | 171 |
| Enugu | 12 | 145 |
| Abia | 5 | 119 |
| Akwa Ibom | 18 | 108 |
| Adamawa | 21 | 107 |
| Niger | 22 | 104 |
| Anambra | 5 | 101 |
| Taraba | 17 | 76 |
| Bayelsa | 6 | 70 |
| Benue | 5 | 59 |
| Yobe | 32 | 50 |
| Cross Rivers | 0 | 7 |
| Kogi | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 5959 | 35983 |