The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said the drop in testing by states accounts for the reduction in Covid-19 cases in the country.
Elsie Llori, Head of Disease Surveillance for the NCDC made this known in a statement on Monday.
She said, “In the month of August, we had very low number of samples collected.
“In July, there were seven states with decreased samples collected, but unfortunately, in August, it increased to 32 states with decreased samples collection. In July, we had 13 states that actually collected over 1,000 samples. For August, no state met that target. That means we had zero states collecting over 1,000 samples,” she added.
