• Lagos, Bauchi, Edo discharge 6 patients
• Ekiti says third index case sneaked in from Lagos
• Adamawa isolates 99 citizens returning from Lagos, Ogun
• Obiano releases 54 prisoners
• Abia apprehends fleeing suspected case
Bisi Olaniyi, Benin/David Adenuga,Bauchi/Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado Ekiti/ Onimisi Alao, Yola/ Nwanosike Onu, Awka
Nigeria recorded 49 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Saturday according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
Twenty-three of the cases were recorded in Lagos, 12 in the FCT and 10 in Kano, the centre said in its update at 10.40pm.
The rest are two in Ogun and one each in Oyo and Ekiti
There are now 542 cases in the country.
One hundred and ninety-nine cases have been discharged while there are 19 deaths so far.
Four more Coronavirus patients in Lagos State were discharged yesterday from isolation after testing negative to the virus.
Two others, one each in Edo and Bauchi States, were similarly let home.
However, the Adamawa State government sent to isolation centres 99 people who arrived the state from Lagos and Ogun for observation while the Abia State government apprehended a suspected case it had declared wanted.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on his Twitter handle yesterday that three males and one female were discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba and the Onikan Isolation Centre having fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively to COVID-19.
This brings the number of patients successfully managed and discharged from isolation facilities in the state to 94.
Sixth patient discharged in Edo, contact tracing continues
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said in Benin that the sixth Coronavirus patient in the state had been discharged after testing negative twice.
Five others had earlier been discharged.
The governor asked the people to “Please, stay safe and stay at home, as we intensify efforts to check the spread of COVID-19 in our dear state.”
Bauchi discharges another COVID-19 patient
It was the same story in Bauchi State where government discharged one more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centre.
The patient is the five person in the state to be so discharged.
Governor Bala Mohammed said on Twitter: ‘’Alhamdulillah. Today, one of the two remaining persons at our isolation centre received a second negative result from the @NCDCgov.
“He has gotten the green-light and has been discharged.
‘’I thank our health personnel and our taskforce on #COVID19 for their unrelenting effort.’’
Ekiti Covid-19 third index case sneaked in from Lagos—Fayemi
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State announced a fresh case of Coronavirus in the state, bringing to three the number of confirmed cases there.
Fayemi identified the patient as a 29-year-old pregnant Community Health Worker in Lagos State.
She alleged sneaked into Ekiti in spite of the lockdown and closure of the borders.
He said: “Sadly, Ekiti State has confirmed a third COVID-19 positive case. This new case is a pregnant 29-year-old female Community Health Worker with Lagos State who sneaked into Ekiti State in spite of the lockdown.
“She presented herself at a State Comprehensive Primary Healthcare facility in active labour on Monday April 13, 2020. After a prolonged labour with fatal distress, she was referred to a teaching hospital but decided to go to a private hospital instead.
“A caesarean section was performed on the patient and the baby was delivered safely. However, she suffered a cardiac arrest and was referred to the Federal Teaching Hospital Ido Ekiti where she is currently unconscious.
“The suspicion of COVID-19 infection and subsequent testing was at the Federal Tertiary institution. The Ekiti State COVID-19 Taskforce has already commenced contact tracing of the new case as at this morning, we have over 30 primary contacts on our list already.
“The baby is alive and under surveillance while the private clinic has been sealed off and medical personnel who interacted with this case during her obstetrics and gynaecology emergency have been contacted and put in self isolation.
“By the time we include secondary and tertiary contacts, this one case may have put hundreds of unsuspecting people at risk of COVID-19 infection in Ekiti State.”
He added: “The infidelity of our people and the security personnel enabled this patient to gain access to our state even during a boundary shut down, therefore putting the lives of so many people at risk, and putting Ekiti State under the dreaded possibility of community infection.
“Due to this new case, government may have to consider further extension of the lockdown at least until all possible direct and indirect contacts of this woman have been traced and placed in self-isolation as minimum period of incubation is 14 days for every new infection.”
Adamawa isolates 99 returning from Lagos, Ogun
The Adamawa State Government has isolated nearly a hundred citizens returning from Lagos and Ogun states.
The returnees who were mostly people working in factories in the two Southwest states, were placed in two isolation facilities near the capital, Yola, for a 14-day observation to determine their COVID-19 status.
While 59 of the returnees were placed on an isolation facility in Numan, 40 others were quarantined at the Kpacham facility in Demsa, two gateway towns to Yola.
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chairman of the Adamawa State Covid-19 Containment Committee, Bashir Ahmad, said in an interview yesterday that he ordered the isolation of the returnees on Friday.
He said his action was in keeping with instruction by the state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on handling of people coming into the state from elsewhere.
Obiano releases 54 prisoners
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State yesterday ordered the release of 54 prisoners in exercise of his prerogative of mercy and as part of measures to check the spread of the Coronavirus.
He said in a broadcast that of the tests carried out on 20 people in the state, all returned negative, while the earlier announced index case remains the only one positive for Coronavirus in Anambra State.
He said the index case was “responding very well to treatment.”
Abia apprehends wanted COVID-19 patient
The Abia State government announced the apprehension of a suspected COVID-19 patient- Vincent Prosper –earlier declared wanted.
Information Commissioner John Okiyi-Kalu said in Umuahia that Prosper who had disappeared into the thin air after alerting the National Control Room of National Center for Disease and Control (NCDC) of manifesting symptoms of COVID-19 was apprehended yesterday morning at a-yet-to be disclosed location in Aba by security agents.
“He is now fully cooperating and all necessary information given, including the fact that while he actually recently returned from Lagos he didn’t visit Akwa Ibom state since his return though he resides in a border community to Akwa Ibom State,” he said.
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