NCDC: 770 have been tested for coronavirus in Kwara
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control – NCDC has tested 770 people in Kwara state for the novel coronavirus, THE INFORMANT247 learnt.
The agency reports that, as of May 18, 35,983 tests have been carried out across the country, while 5,959 have been confirmed positive for the virus.
According to the NCDC update on the infection outbreak in the country, which was made available on its website, Lagos State has the highest number of tests at 14,886, also topped the list of confirmed cases at 2,550.
Similarly, the Federal Capital Territory was reported to have conducted 4,688 tests and confirmed 418 cases, while Kano State recorded 2,653 tests and 825 confirmed cases.
The update showed the total number of tests in states, including Ogun (1,607), Oyo (1,420), Gombe (959), Edo (822), Kaduna (755), Jigawa (744), Katsina (663), Borno (615) Sokoto (595), Bauchi (577), Osun (522), Ondo (385), and Delta (357).
Others were Rivers (348), Kebbi (336), Nasarawa (324), Zamfara (253), Ekiti (226), Imo (184), Ebonyi (176), Plateau (171), Enugu (145), Abia (119), Akwa Ibom (108), Adamawa (107), Niger (104), Anambra (101), Taraba (76), Bayelsa (70), Benue (59) and Yobe (50).
