Oyo state has recorded 5 new cases of Covid-19 as the number of confirmed cases rose to 64, insideoyo.com reports.
Seyi Makinde, the state governor made this knows in a tweet on his verified twitter account on Saturday night.
He said :The COVID-19 confirmation tests for five suspected cases came back POSITIVE.
“The cases are from the following Local Government Areas: Ibadan North (2), a foreigner in Surulere, Ibadan North East (1) & Ibadan South West (1).”
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 4,151 as 239 new infections were announced Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
The country recorded additional 11 deaths, NCDC reported.
The agency in a late evening tweet said the new cases were reported from 15 states. These are Lagos, Bauchi, Kano, Katsina, Borno, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kwara, Oyo, Kaduna, Sokoto, Adamawa, Kebbi, Plateau, Ogun and Ekiti States.
The number of infections in the country has been increasing at a rapid rate.
So far, no new state has reported a case. Cases have been reported in 34 states and the FCT. Only Kogi and Cross River States are yet to report any case.
There was however a drop in the number of infections reported for Saturday compared to 386 reported on Friday.
NCDC said on Saturday 239 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
While Lagos State remains the epicentre for the disease in the country, cases in Kano and Borno States have continued to increase significantly.
A breakdown of all the confirmed cases so far shows that 4, 151 infections have been reported in Nigeria since the index case in February. Of that number, 3,278 cases are still active, 745 have recovered and have been discharged, and 128 deaths have been reported.
A breakdown of the 4,151 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 1,764cases, followed by Kano – 576, FCT – 343, Bauchi – 161, Borno – 159, Katsina – 156, Ogun – 115, Gombe – 110, Kaduna – 98, Sokoto – 96, Jigawa – 83, Edo – 67, Zamfara – 65.Oyo – 64, Osun – 38, Kwara – 30, Nasarawa – 25, Rivers – 21, Kebbi – 18, Delta – 17, Plateau – 17,Adamawa – 17, Akwa Ibom – 17, Taraba – 15, Ondo – 15, Yobe – 13, Ekiti – 13, Enugu – 10,Ebonyi – 7, Niger – 6, Bayelsa – 5, Benue – 2, Imo – 3, Abia – 2, Anambra – 1.
