Probing Nigeria’s COVID-19 statistics - The Nation Nigeria

Nigeria, with 20,244 infections as at Monday, seems to be recording more COVID-19 positive cases despite testing fewer persons in percentage terms than several African countries. It also appears to have a higher mortality rate from the virus.On Sunday, June 21, Nigeria recorded 436 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 12 deaths, bringing the total confirmed cases recorded in the country to 20,242.

“I would rather go a little bit slower and get it right than speed into a situation that we will end up regretting,” Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Director-General Chikwe Ihekweazu reportedly said last April. Note that Uganda as at 15th June 2020 had recorded no Covid-19-related death while the death rate for Zambia was less than 1 percent.Why is Nigeria such an outlier in Africa in terms of Covid-19 infection rate, and rates of recovery and death from the coronavirus?

All of these countries like Nigeria imposed lockdown measures in the second half of March 2020 and all started slowly lifting them in late May 2020. So, why then are our Covid-19 statistics so much worse?You probably read the WhatsApp messages or heard the rumours that made the rounds in April and last month. Anonymous sources raised the alarm that hospitals were inflating COVID-19 figures so as to get more money from the government.

“As additional ameliorating measure to complement the welfare packages previously announced, the Lagos State Government will, for the duration of the restriction on movement, take full responsibility for the medical bills of all patients at all Lagos State-owned secondary healthcare facilities. In implementing the scheme, health officials in the state adopted a coding system whereby ‘Covid-19’ was written on receipts issued to patients who benefitted.Similarly, a doctor at the Infectious Diseases Hospital , Yaba, Lagos, told The Nation yesterday that there was no truth to the rumour.

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