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COVID-19: Oyo records 4 more cases, discharges 3 patients

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5 years ago

May 13, 2020

David Adeoye

Oyo State has recorded four new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the latest figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have revealed.

In the figures released on Tuesday night, the four cases in Oyo were among the new 146 recorded in 20 states.

It was reported that the new cases bring the number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the state to 69.

Gov. Seyi Makinde had earlier announced on his tweeter handle that three COVID-19 patients were discharged from the state’s isolation centre on Tuesday after receiving their second negative test result.

According to Makinde, the latest development brings the number of discharged cases in the state to 17.

He urged residents of the state to call the emergency operations centre if travellers from other states were sighted in their neighbourhood.

The governor gave the numbers to call as 08095394000, 08095863000, 08078288999 and 08078288800.

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