Total number of HIV tests conducted, positive test results, and positivity rate (%),* by week — nine Nigerian states†,§ participating in the Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Surge program, May 4, 2019–September 26, 2020
* Positivity rate was calculated as the number of positive tests divided by the total number of tests conducted using weekly reported programmatic data. Reporting began the week ending with May 4, 2019. Reporting weeks end on Saturdays.
† Benue, Delta, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory, Gombe, Imo, Lagos, Nasarawa, and Rivers.
§ On February 27, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed the first confirmed COVID-19 case and activated an Emergency Operations Center on February 28. Thereafter, the government of Nigeria implemented COVID-19 mitigation efforts, including school closures (beginning March 19), international travel bans (beginning March 23), and statewide stay-at-home orders (beginning March 30).