Soji Ajibola, Ibadan
Oyo state Government said on Monday that it has discharged 1,008 Coronavirus patients from various isolation centres across the state.
Governor Seyi Makinde said in a tweet that the patients were discharged after receiving their second test results so far.
He explained that as at Monday morning, 16 confirmed COVID-19 cases received their second negative test results and have been discharged, bringing the total number of discharged cases in Oyo State to 1008.
The governor tweeted, “Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for 20 suspected cases came back positive. The cases are from Oluyole (5), Ido (3), Egbeda (3), Ibadan South East (2), Ibadan North (2), Lagelu (2), Ibadan South West (2) and Akinyele (1) Local Government Areas.
“So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State today is 1,726.”
Recall that as at July 7, data released by the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control revealed that Oyo State was one of the leading states in testing capacity.