Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has recovered and tested negative for the second time for coronavirus, insideoyo.com reports.
This was made known in a tweet on his official twitter account on Sunday night.
The tweet reads: “I am deeply moved by your prayers and support throughout this period. I am so thankful.
“This evening, I received my second negative test result for COVID-19. I especially thank Prof Temitope Alonge, who acted in my stead as Head of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force”.
The governor also said that he will be resuming tomorrow (Monday) as the head of the task force in the state.
He said “I am also grateful to all members of the Task Force for their cooperation during this time. I will be resuming my responsibility as Head of the Task Force from tomorrow.”
Recall that insideoyo.com had earlier reported that Makinde tested positive for the virus. A development which made him proceed on self isolation and handed over the Oyo State Covid-19 Task force to Prof Temitope Alonge.
Meanwhile, as at 09:30 pm 5th April, there are 232 confirmed cases, 33 discharged, 5 deaths in Nigeria.
For a breakdown of cases Lagos- 120, FCT- 47, Osun- 20, Oyo- 9, Edo- 9, Bauchi- 6, Akwa Ibom- 5, Kaduna- 5, Ogun- 4, Enugu- 2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers-1, Benue- 1 and Ondo- 1.
