Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Thursday announced that the state has recorded forty-three new cases of Coronavirus infection.
Makinde made this announcement via a post on his verified Facebook page.
The Governor also disclosed that the state has discharged two more persons and now has 811 recovered Coronavirus patients.
He maintained that the total number of confirmed cases in the state has risen to 1573.
Makinde said, “2 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 811.
“Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for forty-three suspected cases came back POSITIVE.
“The cases are from Ibadan North (9), Ido (8), Oluyole (6), Ibadan South East (5), Lagelu (3), Ibadan South West (3), Ibadan North East (3), Ona Ara (2), Ibadan North West (2) and Akinyele (2) Local Government Areas. So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State today is 1573.
