Situation Report

Adamawa State Ministry of Health

TTITLE COVID-19 Situation Report SERIAL NUMBER 38 EPID-WEEK 18 DATE 3rd – 9th May 2021

Highlights

• 19 new confirmed cases were reported within the week. • 276 new samples were taken across the LGAs within the reporting week. • Total number of confirmed cases as at 9th May 2021 stands at 1,130 with 32 deaths

Epidemiological summary

As at 9th May 2021, 15,829 suspected cases have been reported out of which 1,130 were confirmed positive, 14,420 were found negative, three were inconclusive while 772 results remain pending. Majority of confirmed cases were from .

Fig 1. Distribution of cases by LGA

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Cases Deaths

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Fig 2. Weekly trend of cases and deaths 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20

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Table 1: Summary of new and cumulative cases (confirmed, recoveries & deaths) by Local government areas LGA Confirmed Cases Deaths

New Cumulative New Cumulative

Demsa 2 11 0 0

Fufore 0 70 0 1

Ganye 0 53 0 1

Girei 1 89 0 2

Gombi 0 5 0 0

Guyuk 2 35 0 0

Hong 5 16 0 1

Jada 0 50 0 0

Lamurde 0 15 0 0

Madagali 0 2 0 0

Maiha 1 8 0 0

Mayo-Belwa 0 147 0 0

Michika 0 32 0 0

Mubi North 2 12 0 0

Mubi South 0 7 0 0

Numan 0 12 0 1

Shelleng 1 12 0 1

Song 1 18 0 0

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Toungo 2 16 0 0

Yola North 0 238 0 9

Yola South 2 282 0 16

Total 19 1,130 0 32

Table 2: Summary of Cases, Contacts and Laboratory samples collected S/No. Description New Total for Cumulative (Daily) epi-week (till date) (Monday- Sunday) Cases 1 Suspected cases - 276 15,829 2 Lab-confirmed positive cases - 19 1,130 3 Lab-confirmed positive cases in Health care Worker(s) - 2 61 4 Probable cases - 0 0 5 Signal under investigation - 0 0 6 Persons of interest under monitoring - 0 7 Number of confirmed cases on admission - 0 0 8 Number of confirmed cases discharged - 16 1086 9 Number of deaths in confirmed cases - 0 32 10 Number of deaths in Health care workers - 0 1 11 Number of deaths in suspected cases - 0 0 Contacts 12 Contacts listed - 27 1686 13 Contacts seen today - 24 24 14 Contacts currently under follow up - 24 24 15 Contacts symptomatic - 0 0 16 Contacts confirmed positive - 0 130 17 Contacts who completed 14 days follow up - 17 1633 18 Contacts lost to follow Up - 0 19 Laboratory (Initial Samples) 20 Number of Initial samples collected (Initial only) - 276 15,829 21 Number of pending laboratory samples (initial only) - 276 772 22 Number of Negative Samples - 346 14,420 Laboratory (Follow Up Samples) 23 Number of specimens collected - 0 77 24 Number of specimens tested negative - 0 32 25 Number of pending laboratory samples - 0 0

Table 4: Summary of Laboratory Test Results

POSITIVE NEGATIVE PENDING 1,130 14,420 772

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Figure 3. Map of showing LGAs with confirmed COVID-19 cases as at 9th May 2021

Coordination: • Coordination meetings now holding on Thursdays at the State level •

Surveillance: • 1,130 out of 15,057 samples tested are positive. Giving a positivity rate of 7.5% • 11.5% of confirmed cases are known contacts of previously confirmed cases • 5.4% of confirmed cases are health workers • 10 out of the 21 LGAs reported new cases in the reporting week.

Case Management • All newly confirmed cases had completed 14 days follow up. • No active case is currently being followed up. • One suspected case is being investigated • No death was reported in the treatment facility within the last two weeks • A total of 32 fatalities associated with COVID-19 have been reported since outbreak. CFR= 3.0% POE • 2186 (1,238 inbound and 948 outbound) travelers were screened in Yola International Airport within the week • Volunteers working in border LGAs of Magadali, Toungo, Michika, , reported 90 suspected. • Five confirmed cases of COVID-19 from three LGAs with international border crossing were reported within the week

Laboratory • 276 samples were collected within the week • Samples still pending investigation are 772

Risk Communication/Social Mobilization • Community Health Champions supported by WHO visited 1,710 households. 7,515 persons were reached. This number comprised of 1,723 men, 2,577 women, 1, 451 boys

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and 1,764 girls. • Broadcast of weekly Community Radio Program by Radio Fombina FM and Adamawa State Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio specifically on promoting compliance to safety protocols, voluntary testing, wearing facemask and handwashing is currently ongoing based on the following schedule: • Fombina FM Radio (FM 101.5): Thursday 10.30 – 11.30am (with repeat broadcast on Saturday, 12.00 – 1.00pm). • ABC Radio (AM 1440): Wednesday, 4.30 – 5.30pm (with repeat broadcast on Friday, 1.00 – 2.00pm). The Covid-19 centered community radio programming will run from weekly for four (4) months. • Ongoing daily broadcast of 10 jingles per day in Radio Nigeria Fombina FM, 10 jingles per day by Gotel Radio; 10 jingles per day by ABC Radio, 5 jingles per day by Pulaako FM and 5 TV jingles per day in Adamawa State Television.

Challenges • None of the 19 reported cases were active cases because of the long turn around time from the laboratory. This is affecting contact tracing. • Over 700 samples are still pending investigation in the laboratory • • Sample collection yield from some LGAs have been very low.

Next steps • Continue to engage the laboratory personnel to reduce the turnaround time • Prioritize LGAs not taking enough samples during supportive supervision

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