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35 PERSONS TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 IN OGUN NYSC CAMP

Not less than 35 persons have tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 at the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, camp in Sagamu, Ogun State.


This was announced by Dr. Tomi Coker, the State’s Commissioner for Health.


She said some of the patients have been taken to the Isolation centre while some are managed at home.


She said, “The number of NYSC members that have tested positive is 35. Some are on home management, while some are in the isolation center.


“Death rate had remained relatively static at 50 till July 15 after which we recorded 7 deaths in the last two weeks.


“In the last one week, there has been a sharp rise in new cases from 7 per day to 16 per day.”


According to the NCDC, as of August 5, 2021, Ogun State has recorded 4,820 cases of Covid-19, and 58 fatalities.


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