Toba Adedeji, Osogbo
The Osun State Government on Monday discharged eight patients who recovered from coronavirus.
According to the statement by the Chief Press Secretary of the governor, Mr Ismail Omipidan, he relayed the information of the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, saying:
“Osun had not recorded any new case in the last 24 hours but is awaiting test result of one sample sent to the NCDC accredited Testing Centre, African Centre of Excellence in Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Ede.
Isamotu said, “with the recovery and discharge of eight persons today, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the state has dropped from 10 to 2.
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“Today, we discharged eight patients who have tested negative twice for the Coronavirus from our Isolation centre, comprising three males and five females including two children of ages 2 and 5 years.
“I am happy to let you know that no new case has been recorded in the State in the last 24 hours, though we await a test result of a sample from the NCDC accredited Testing Centre; African Centre of Excellence in Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Ede,” the Commissioner said.
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