Oyo State government has announced the discharge of twenty-three, 23, COVID-19 patients.
The State Governor, Seyi Makinde who made the confirmation on his Twitter page also announced the death of one COVID-19 patient.
He said the recent death brings the total number of deaths recorded in the State to 20.
He also confirmed that the State recorded 31 new cases of Thursday.
He wrote, “Twenty-three 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 834.
“Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for thirty-one suspected cases came back POSITIVE.
“The cases are from Egbeda (6), Ibadan South East (5), Ido (4), Akinyele (3), Ibadan North (2), Lagelu (2), Ibadan South West (2), Ona Ara (2), Oyo East (2), Ibadan NW (1), Ibadan NE (1) and Oluyole (1) LGAs. So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State today is 1604.
“Sadly, we had one COVID-19 related death. So the total number of deaths in Oyo State is twenty.”
