{"id":30967,"date":"2020-09-11T10:13:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=30967"},"modified":"2020-09-11T10:13:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:13:32","slug":"nigerian-govt-offers-reason-for-reduced-covid-19-cases-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=30967","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian govt offers reason for reduced Covid-19 cases in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Federal Government has revealed why Lagos State has recorded a decreasing number of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While explaining the reason for the decreasing number of Covid-19 cases in Lagos, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19<\/a>, Sani Aliyu, said that it was due to the large-test conducted in the State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aliyu who revealed this on Thursday during a media briefing said that Lagos had recorded a gradual increase in COVID-19 cases, with the number rising to as high as 404 infections in a single day on August 22, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that the daily count started decreasing in late August, dropping to as low as 20 cases on September 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLagos already has three-fold the number of positives that were tested. Lagos numbers are coming down because they have tested widely in the past and they\u2019ve been able to take measures. It\u2019s only by testing and knowing your numbers that you can implement your COVID programme,\u201d Aliyu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt depends on the number of tests. It\u2019s one of the reasons why we keep on encouraging state governments to please continue to push for more and more testing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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