The Nigerian center for disease control has announced sixteen new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria: 10 are in Lagos, 2 are in the Federal capital territory, 2 are in Oyo, 1 now in Delta and 1 in Katsina state.
This was made public at 09:30 pm today 7th April. With this report there are 254 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths.
See the breakdown by state below:
Lagos- 130
FCT- 50
Osun- 20
Oyo- 11
Edo- 11
Bauchi- 6
Akwa Ibom- 5
Kaduna- 5
Ogun- 4
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Benue- 1
Ondo- 1
Kwara- 2
Delta- 1
Katsina-1
Many Nigerians believe that the actual number of Coronavirus cases in Nigeria must have exceeded the confirmed number drastically. Some believe, some infected people are unaware they have the virus and might die ignorantly from it.
See how the virus has spread in other countries compared to Nigeria nd other African countries. See it below:
Italy
February 21 2020 – 21 cases
March 27 2020 – 86,498 cases
United States
February 21 2020 – 16 cases
March 27 2020 – 100,037 cases
France
February 26 2020 – 18 cases
March 27 2020 – 32,964 cases
Germany
February 25 2020 – 18 cases
March 27 2020 – 50,178 cases
Spain
February 27 2020 – 25 cases
March 27, 2020 – 64,059 cases
Iran
February 19 2020 – 5 cases
March 27 2020 – 32,332 cases
South Africa
March 1 2020 – 1 case
March 27 2020 – 1,170 case
From the above report, in one month it spread rapidly compared to some African countries. What could be responsible for this?