One hundred and eighty coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have been successfully treated and discharged from the isolation facility in Oyo State.
The state governor, Seyi Makinde, disclosed this in a series of tweets on Monday night while giving an update on the outbreak of the disease in the state.
He explained that the recovered persons were discharged after receiving their second negative test results, bringing the number of discharged cases in Oyo to 688.
Makinde, who is also the incident commander of COVID-19 in the state, announced the confirmation of 66 new infections.
According to him, the new cases were reported from 13 local government areas of the state while one more person lost the battle to COVID-19.
The governor said the state now has 1,372 COVID-19 cases with a total of 12 deaths recorded so far.
He urged the residents to continue to comply with the guidelines of the Oyo COVID-19 Task Force to curb the spread of the disease in the state.
See the governor’s tweets below:
OYO STATE COVID-19 TASK FORCE UPDATE (June 29, 2020)
1. 180 confirmed COVID-19 cases received their second NEGATIVE test results and have been discharged. This brings the number of discharged cases in Oyo State to 688. pic.twitter.com/vwb1V1v0zG
— Seyi Makinde (@seyiamakinde) June 29, 2020
The cases are from Ibadan North West (26), Ibadan N (9), Ibadan SW (6), Ido (6), Lagelu (4), Egbeda (3), Oyo E (3), Ibarapa N (3), Saki W (2), Ibadan SE (1), Ibadan NE (1), Akinyele (1) and Itesiwaju (1) LGAs. So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State today is 1372.
— Seyi Makinde (@seyiamakinde) June 29, 2020
4. Please keep following the guidelines of the COVID-19 Task Force to ensure that we slow down the spread of coronavirus in our state. Wash your hands regularly with soap and water, wear face masks in public places and maintain proper social distancing.
— Seyi Makinde (@seyiamakinde) June 29, 2020
