Oyo State has recorded another 51 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 860.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in its daily update announced the new figures.
This is coming a day before the full resumption of all category of workers at the state secretariat from June 22.
On Monday, Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force announced that it has relaxed the curfew imposed on the state following the advent of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic.
The taskforce confirmed that other decisions reached include the resumption of classes for Primary Six, JSS3 and SS3 students from Monday, June 29; resumption of work by all category of workers at the state secretariat from June 22; opening up of mosques and churches, which are to operate at 25 per cent capacity; and the decision to limit public gathering to not more than 25 persons.
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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 20, 2020
The statement indicated that the state secretariat, which was earlier shut on March 27 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and later reopened to staff on grade level 13 and above from Monday April 27, would now be open to all other staffers from Monday, June 22.
According to the statement, students in critical classes are to resume at the end of June to ensure they are well-prepared for the public examinations ahead of them.
In a related development, on Saturday, Governor Seyi Makinde paid an inspection visit to the Saki General Hospital, where a 200-bed Covid-19 Isolation centre is currently undergoing reconstruction.
While speaking, Prof. Temitope Alonge, who is in charge of the Oyo State COVID-19 Isolation Centres, told the governor that the facility would be ready for use soon.
Makinde, who expressed satisfaction with the level of work done so far at the centre, said his administration would leave no stone unturned to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state.
He admonished all residents of the state to abide with COVID-19 preventive guidelines.
