Open AccessEpidemiological trends of coronavirus disease 2019 in Nigeria: From 1 to 10,000
Author(s) -
Oluwakemi Ololade Odukoya,
Adebola A Adejimi,
Brenda Isikekpei,
Chris S Jim,
Akin Osibogun,
Folasade Ogunsola
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_233_20
Subject(s) - epidemiology , coronavirus , covid-19 , disease , environmental health , virology , pandemic , geography , medicine , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
The coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in Nigeria was first reported on the 27 th February 2020 and 95 days after, it had spread to 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with 10,162 confirmed cases. We reviewed the trends of the epidemic from the 27 th February to the 31 st May 2020, when it reached the 10,000 th mark vis-à-vis government policies to contain the spread of the disease.