Oyo State government has announced that 24 Covid-19 patients have been discharged after receiving their second result of being tested negative.
The state who made this known in a daily report for 5th of August, 2020 by the Oyo state Covid-19 task force added that 23 tested result from 9 local government areas have been tested positive, while the state unfortunately record 2 new deaths.
The daily report which was shared in a series of tweet by Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde reads; “Twenty-four confirmed COVID-19 cases received their second NEGATIVE test results and have been discharged. This brings the number of discharged cases in Oyo State to 1420.
“Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for twenty-three suspected cases came back POSITIVE. “The cases are from Akinyele (7), Ido (5), Ibadan North (3), Egbeda (2), Lagelu (2), Ibadan South West (1), Ibadan North West (1), Oluyole (1) and Ona Ara (1) Local Government Areas.
“So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State today is 2805. “Sadly, we had two COVID-19 related deaths in the state. So, the total number of deaths in Oyo State is thirty (30).”