Oyo Discharges 15 Patients, Confirms 16 New COVID-19 Cases

Fifteen COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the Oyo State Isolation center.

The patients were discharged after receiving their second negative test result.

Governor Seyi Makinde made this known while confirming 16 new cases, on his Twitter page, Saturday.

He said, “Fifteen confirmed COVID-19 cases have received their second NEGATIVE test results and have been discharged. This brings the number of discharged cases in Oyo State to 112.

“Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for sixteen suspected cases came back POSITIVE. The cases are from Ibadan South West (11), Ibadan North West (2), Ido (1), Oluyole (1) & Ibadan North (1) Local Government Areas. So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State is 334.

“Please call the Emergency Operations Centre on 08095394000 | 08095863000 | 08078288999 | 08078288800, if you have any COVID-19 symptoms: cough, fever, tiredness, body ache and shortness of breath.”