The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced four new cases of COVID-19 in Oyo State.
NCDC made the announcement in a tweet two minutes after midnight on Wednesday morning.
However, the announcement by NCDC contradicts an earlier announcement by the Executive Governor of the state, Engr. Seyi Makinde.
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Governor Makinde had earlier announced that the state recorded two new cases on Tuesday through his official twitter account.
“Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for two suspected cases came back POSITIVE. One case in Ibadan North and one case in Ibadan North West. So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State as at 8 PM today, is sixty-seven,” the governor’s tweet read.
NCDC also announced that 146 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded across the country.
BREAKDOWN OF NEW CASES BY NCDC
146 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria:
57-Lagos
27-Kano
10-Kwara
9-Edo
8-Bauchi
7-Yobe
4-Kebbi
4-Oyo
3-Katsina
3-Niger
2-Plateau
2-Borno
2-Sokoto
2-Benue
1-Gombe
1-Enugu
1-Ebonyi
1-Ogun
1-FCT
1-Rivers
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