Oyo Discharges Record 95 Recovered COVID-19 Patients

Ninety-five people have recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Oyo State – the highest figure so far to recover at a time in the state.

Governor Seyi Makinde announced this via his Twitter handle on Saturday while giving an update on the outbreak of the disease in the state.

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He explained that the recovered persons were discharged from the government’s facility after their second COVID-19 test results came out negative.

According to the governor, who is also the head of COVID-19 Taskforce in Oyo state, this brings the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged in the state to 271.

He, however, disclosed that the results of the confirmation test for 35 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the state came back positive.

Governor Makinde added that the new cases were reported from nine local government areas of the state.

They include Ido (seven), Ibadan South-West (five), Ibadan North (five), Ibadan North-West (five), Oluyole (three), Ibadan North East (three), Ibadan South East (three), Egbeda (three), and Ogbomosho North (one).

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