COVID-19: 82-Year-Old Hypertensive Patient Recovers From Coronavirus In Osun

The Osun State government on Friday announced that an 82-year-old woman receiving treatment for COVID-19 in the state has recovered from the virulent infection.

The state commissioner for health, Rafiu Isamotu, who broke the news, said the octogenarian recovered after receiving nine-day treatment at the isolation centre in Asubiaro, Osogbo, the state capital.

The commissioner said the Octogenerian recovered despite being hypertensive.

He disclosed that the patient, who contracted the disease after coming in contact with an infected person, was asymptomatic before her sample was collected.

 

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“The story of the 82-year-old widow who recovered from the dreaded coronavirus provides a glimmer of hope, considering that she is a hypertensive patient on medication,” he said.

“Although when she arrived at our Isolation centre on the 13th of May, she had no cough, difficulty in breathing, sore throat, fever or anosmia associated with the virus except for diarrhoea and we successfully treated her for it and she was stable all through the period of hospitalisation.

“On her 9th day on admission, we carried out a follow-up Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on her and the result came back negative and she was subsequently discharged on the 24th of May, 2020.

“Furthermore, a follow-up at her home after her discharge revealed that she was stable.”

This is the second oldest survivor in Nigeria. Last month, a 98-year-old COVID-19 patient was discharged in Lagos.

Nigeria has a total of 8,915 COVID-19 cases. Out of which 2,592 have recovered and 259 have died.