Governor Seyi Makinde has announced ten new cases of COVID-19 in the state.
The governor, who made the announcement in a series of tweets, revealed that the new cases were parts of the pending COVID-19 confirmation tests conducted in the state.
According to him, Two tests came back positive on Thursday, April 30th while another eight tests came back positive on Friday, May 1st, 2020.
OYOINSIGHT.COM had earlier reported that the NCDC announced that Oyo State recorded two and six new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and Friday respectively.
However, the governor failed to explain whether the ten new cases he announced also included the eight new cases Oyo state recorded on Thursday and Friday according to the NCDC.
In the tweet, the governor revealed that one of the two cases recorded on Thursday is a UCH doctor who returned from Kano while the other case is a worker with the State Security Service.
He added that six of the eight new cases recorded on Friday were Togolese nationals while the remaining two were residents of the state in Ogbomosho.
“We have started receiving results of pending COVID-19 confirmation tests. Two tests came back positive late last night. One from a UCH doctor who returned from Kano and another is a worker with the State Security Service.
“Another eight tests came back positive today. Of the eight newly confirmed cases, six are Togolese nationals and the remaining two are Oyo State residents in Ogbomoso.
“In addition to the case recorded in Lagos which was announced yesterday, another confirmed case recorded in Kano is also being managed in Oyo State. This brings the number of active cases in Oyo State to twenty,” the governor’s tweet reads at 11:39 p.m on Friday night.
