The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that Kogi and Cross River states have the lowest figures of samples tested since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country in February, 2020.
The two states are yet to record any confirmed case.
This was contained in the May 18 situation report released by the NCDC on Tuesday.
According to the report, Kogi submitted only one sample while Cross River submitted seven.
According to the data provided, Lagos has tested the highest number of persons with 14,886 samples tested, followed by the FCT and Kano with 4,688 and 2,653 samples tested, respectively.
The NCDC had visited Kogi state in the first week of May, but the state claimed that the agency’s officials “fled” the state when they were asked to undergo tests for COVID-19.
After the NCDC’s visit, Kogi commissioner for information, Kingsley Fanwo, claimed that the state had tested 111 persons for coronavirus (COVID-19).
He, however, said that the tests were conducted on the persons without the supervision of officials from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The commissioner said that the testing kits procured by the state were used to conduct the tests and that those tested were picked randomly.
“Kogi State got testing kits independently but followed NCDC guidelines.
“One hundred and eleven COVID-19 rapid tests were conducted in Kogi State yesterday (May 11) and all results came out negative,” he had said in a statement released on May 12.
