Oyo state has discharged 1,008 coronavirus patients after receiving their second test results so far, Governor Seyi Makinde has announced.
The governor, who also doubled as the Chairman of COVID-19 taskforce in the state, stated this in a series of tweets on Monday.
As at Monday morning, sixteen confirmed COVID-19 cases received their second negative test results and have been discharged, bringing the total number of discharged cases in Oyo State to 1008.
“Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for twenty suspected cases came back POSITIVE. The cases are from Oluyole (5), Ido (3), Egbeda (3), Ibadan South East (2), Ibadan North (2), Lagelu (2), Ibadan South West (2) and Akinyele (1) Local Government Areas.
“So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State today is 1726, ” the governor tweeted.
As at July 7, data released Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) seen by InsideOyo.com showed that Oyo state is one of the leading states in testing capacity.
