Data for: Empirical Modelling of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Nigeria: Forecasts and Implications

Epidemiological data on the daily number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria are updated every 24 hours on the website and social media handles of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.* The dataset contains confirmed COVID-19 cases and recovered numbers starting from 27 February 2020 to 22 April 2020. The first observation of the final dataset used in the analysis starts on the day the number of confirmed cases reached 12 cases. *Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC)- https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=14&name=An%20update%20of%20COVID-19%20outbreak%20in%20Nigeria

尼日利亚境内每日新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）确诊病例的流行病学数据，由尼日利亚疾病控制中心（Nigeria Centre for Disease Control）的官方网站及社交媒体账号每24小时更新一次。*本数据集涵盖2020年2月27日至2020年4月22日期间的新冠确诊病例数与康复人数。本分析所采用的最终数据集的首条观测记录，起始于新冠确诊病例数达到12例的当日。*数据来源：尼日利亚疾病控制中心（NCDC）——https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=14&name=An%20update%20of%20COVID-19%20outbreak%20in%20Nigeria