18 MORE COVID-19 PATIENTS DISCHARGED IN OYO STATE, 11 NEW CASES RECORDED
Oyo State also recorded 11 new cases of Coronavirus.
18 more patients have also been discharged from the isolation centre after testing negative twice for coronavirus twice.
Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed this while giving an update of the pandemic in the State.
According to the Governor, 8 of the new cases are from the same organisation in Ibadan South West Local Government Area which was shut down after 30 members of staff tested positive earlier.
This is in addition to a case from Oluyole Local Government Area.
The other 2 that make up the 11 are suspected cases from the University College Hospital, (UCH) Ibadan, who passed away and have since been buried.
The Governor said “Eighteen confirmed Covid-19 patients have received their second negative test results and have been discharged.
“This brings the number of discharged cases in Oyo State to forty-six.
“Also, the Covid-19 confirmation tests for eleven suspected cases came back positive.
“Eight of these cases are from the same organisation in Ibadan South West Local Government Area referred to in the update of May 16, 2020.
“One case is from Oluyole Local Government Area.
“Furthermore, the test results of two suspected cases from the University College Hospital, Ibadan, who passed away and have since been buried also came back positive.
“So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State is 118 and the total number of COVID-19 related deaths is 4.”
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