Confirmed cases of Covid-19 have risen to 233 in Oyo State as the state recorded 27 positive cases on Saturday, insideoyo.com reports.
The state also discharged 9 patients after testing negative twice bringing the total number of discharged cases to 48.
Seyi Makinde, the state Governor and the chairman of Covid-19 task force made this known on Saturday night in a social media post.
Insideoyo.com reports that there has been recent spike in number of confirmed cases in the state after the outbreak in a company, iSON Xperiences in Ibadan, the state capital.
His words “Nine 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 fifty-eight.
“Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for thirty suspected cases came back POSITIVE. Twenty-seven cases are from iSON Xperiences and one each from Ibadan South West, Ibadan South East and Oluyole Local Government Areas. So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State as at 5.30PM today is 233.
“Please call the Emergency Operations Centre on 08095394000 | 08095863000 | 08078288999 | 08078288800, if you have any COVID-19 symptoms: cough, fever, tiredness, body ache and shortness of breath.”
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s tally of confirmed COVID -19 cases on Saturday rose to 7, 526 as 265 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
There was no death recorded from the virus on Saturday as death toll remained 221.
Lagos recorded the highest daily figure of cases reported with 133 infections.
There was a slight increase in the number of infections reported on Saturday (265) compared to the number reported on Friday (245).
The agency in a tweet late night said the 265 new cases were reported in 13 states. These are Lagos, Oyo, Edo, Ogun, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Plateau, Kaduna, Borno, Niger, Kwara, Bauchi, Anambra and Enugu.
“Till date, 7, 526 cases have been confirmed, 2174 cases have been discharged and 221 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” the agency said.
The 265 new cases were recorded in 13 states: Lagos – 133, Oyo – 34, Edo – 28, Ogun – 23, FCT – 22, Plateau – 6, Kaduna – 5, Borno – 3, Niger – 3, Kwara – 2, Bauchi – 2, Anambra – 2 and Enugu – 2.
Nigeria has so far tested 43, 328 persons since the beginning of the pandemic.
A breakdown of all the confirmed cases so far shows that out of the total confirmed cases, there are 5,131 active cases, 2,174 have recovered and have been discharged, and 221 deaths have been reported.
A breakdown of the 7,526 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 3,357 cases, followed by Kano – 883, FCT – 468, Katsina – 308, Borno – 250, Jigawa – 241,Bauchi – 232, Oyo – 233, Ogun – 219, Kaduna – 184, Gombe – 145, Edo – 172, Sokoto – 116, Rivers – 89, Zamfara – 76, Kwara – 75, Plateau – 77, Yobe – 47, Osun – 42, Nasarawa – 38, Kebbi – 32, Delta – 31, Adamawa – 27, Niger – 26, Ondo – 23, Ebonyi – 22, Akwa Ibom – 21, Ekiti – 20, Taraba – 18, Enugu – 18 Bayelsa – 8, Imo – 7, Abia – 7, Anambra – 8, and Benue – 5.
