Nigeria experiences increase in covid-19 cases despite reduced tests

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Nigeria’s new COVID-19 infections increased last week (20th to 26th September 2020) despite a reduction in the number of tests carried out.

Between Sunday and Saturday, a total of 1,053 new cases were reported in the country, which is an 8 per cent increase from the 968 recorded last week, 39th week of the pandemic in Nigeria.

The increase, however, occurred despite a reduction in the number of tests carried out. A total of 30,354 samples were collected for testing last week as against the 31,943 tested the previous week, a five per cent reduction.