The University of Ibadan (UI) Committee on COVID-19 Data Analysis and Management says Nigeria could be having as much as 312 coronavirus cases by Friday, April 3.
The country currently has 111 cases of the virus.
UI’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnership, Prof. Olanike Adeyemo, shared a graphical report on Facebook showing that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria would hit 312 by Friday, April 3.
The report “shows the rate at which the infection is being transmitted among those who were exposed to COVID-19.”
One of the graphs read: “Approximately 70.4 per cent of those people currently infected with COVID-19 were initially exposed to the disease on day 12 of the occurrence of the disease in Nigeria.
“The predictive model is an indication that the disease will continue to be on the increase in the days ahead and that time, in days, accounted for 89.0 per cent of the variation in the cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
“If the current trend continues, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is expected to be at least 312 by 3rd April 2020.”
