Osun Records One COVID-19 Death, 37 New Cases

Osun state records another COVID-19 death, bringing total death cases to eight.

The state also recorded another 37 Covid-19 positive cases.

The State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Oshogbo.

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He added that the dead patient had an underlying ailment.

According to Isamotu, another four patients were discharged after testing negative for COVID-19.

Previously, the state had recorded 18 Covid-19 cases as of July 14, 2020, bringing the total number of the infections in the state at the time to 281 and has discharged 13 patients from the state’s isolation center after testing negative to the virus.

The Commissioner said with the new fresh cases, the total number of confirmed cases in the state has increased to 318 with 172 active cases, 138 patients discharged, and eight deaths had been recorded so far.

While concluding the announcement, the commissioner urged residents to be conscious of what they do.

He encouraged residents to always adhere to all safety precautionary guidelines issued by health authorities in the country.

Similarly, Isamotu said Prof. Peter Olaitan, the acting Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital (LAUTECH), Osogbo, had been named the new incident manager of COVID-19 Technical committee in the state.