EKITI, ONDO RECORDS 5 COVID-19 CASES
A total of five new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Ekiti and Ondo states. Three cases have been recorded in Ekiti, while Ondo has confirmed two.
The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, confirmed his state’s three cases on Saturday night via his official Twitter handle.
The development brings the number of confirmed cases in Ekiti to 13, while four had been discharged and one death recorded.
Mr Fayemi said there was a need for residents to be careful about the scourge with the new development.
“We got information from NCDC tonight that three more persons tested positive to COVID-19 virus,” he said.
“Two are contacts of the medical doctor still in our care and another person who sneaked into the state before he was quarantined.
“This underscores the need for extra vigilance.”
The Commissioner for Health in the state, Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, had on Friday said all the patients at the isolation Centre were stable and responding to treatment.
Also, the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, confirmed two new cases of the virus in the state.
He, however, said he would give details of the development during his weekly briefing on the pandemic on Monday.
“We recorded two new cases of #Covid19 in Ondo State,” Mr Akeredolu wrote Sunday on his official Twitter handle, @RotimiAkeredolu.
“I will be giving details on these new cases during my weekly briefing on Monday.”
The new cases bring the number of confirmed cases in Ondo to 15 with 6 persons discharged, and 1 death.
The state’s index covid-19 death was confirmed by the state’s commissioner for health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro. He revealed that the casualty had an underlying challenge of renal failure, which he said worsened his case and led to his death.
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