Seyi Makinde,
governor of Oyo state, says two COVID-19 patients in the state have absconded.
In a series of posts
on Twitter On Wednesday, the governor said the patients may have returned to
their residence.
He said the state is
currently managing 31 active cases, while some of the patients are residents of
other parts of the country.
“We have received
more results from pending COVID-19 confirmation tests. The result of one
suspected case came back POSITIVE, on 03/05/2020. The person is based in
Ibadan,” Makinde said.
“The results of five
suspected cases came back POSITIVE on 04/05/2020. Four of these five cases are
immigrants and the last person is an Oyo State resident. The results of five
suspected cases came back POSITIVE on 05/05/2020. Four of these five cases are
travellers from the Northern part of Nigeria and the last one is an Oyo State resident.
“Of the 33 active
cases being managed by the state, two have absconded, possibly to their
permanent places of residence. This brings the number of active cases in Oyo
State to 31.
“Ten cases are
self-isolating while twenty-one cases are being managed in the isolation
centres in Oyo State; one at the University College Hospital, Ibadan &
twenty in Olodo. Nineteen of these twenty cases at Olodo are asymptomatic &
the last person has anosmia (loss of smell).
“A total of 975
samples have so far, been collected and are being processed. Please call the
Emergency Operations Centre if you find travellers from other states arriving
in your neighbourhood.”
Oyo has recorded a
total number of 44 cases of COVID-19 so far, while some of the patients who
recovered have been discharged.
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