Covid-19 in Nigeria: where are we

ABSTRACT

With students still at home for more than 5 months, international flights yet to resume, businesses not operating in full capacity and the claim by even some Nigerians that coronavirus does not exist, there is a need to look into where this country stands in her response to this pandemic ravaging the world. Objective: To investigate the situation of covid-19 in Nigeria, the level of the virus transmission and its mode of transmission. Materials and Method: The study made use of secondary data collated by the Nigeria Centre for disease control (NCDC) available at https//ncdc.gov.ng/reports/weekly. Results: Nigeria accounted for 4.4% of all the confirmed cases in Africa and 4.3% of recovery rate. The total number of coronavirus test done in Nigeria at the time of study was 391,501, of which 53,021 (13.5%) were found to be positive. Majority of the confirmed cases 53,021 (76%) have recovered and were discharged from isolation with 1,010 (1.9%) deaths leaving only 11,730 (22%) active cases. Almost half 25,261 (47.6%) of all the confirmed cases were from South-Western region of the country followed by North-Central which accounted for 17.7%. For confirmed cases, males were more compared to females with 64% and 36% respectively. Conclusion: The present situation revealed that the rate of contracting the virus in Nigeria is relatively low, which could be as a result of implementation of preventive measures or the actual number of cases is more than reported as a result of inadequate testing facilities.