Fatality rate of COVID-19 is decreasing

Fatality rate of COVID-19 in Nigeria is on the decree in the past five months, according to the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus.
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The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha said this during the daily briefing of the task force on Monday in Abuja.⁣
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He said,

“The PTF has however continued to study the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) and we note that it has been on steady decline over the last few months.⁣
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On April 30; 3 per cent, May 31; 2.8 per cent, June 30; 2.3 per cent, July 31; 2.0 per cent and Aug. 22; 1.92 per cent.⁣
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We are however convinced that our sample collection is still low. We therefore encourage states to ramp up their testing and to declare correct results because early detection will ultimately translate to treatment and ultimately level the curve.⁣
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With our statistics standing at 52,227 cases and 1,002 fatalities and 38,945 recoveries, Nigeria, however, maintains the 4th highest cumulative cases in Africa.⁣
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Sadly, global cases have increased by another one million from 22.5 million on 19th to the current 23.5 million in about four days.”