Coronavirus Pandemic
THE Ministry of Health in Kwara has said that the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic has spread to 11 of the 16 local government areas (LGAs) of the state.
Rafiu Ajakaye, the spokesman for the Technical Committee on COVID-19 in the ministry, made this known in the data on the virus released by the committee on Monday in Ilorin.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that five new cases of the virus were also recorded in the state as at 9.35pm on Saturday.
According to the distribution table, Ilorin South LGA topped the list with 414 cases, followed by Ilorin West LGA with 364 cases.
Ilorin East came third with 94, Offa had 21 cases to clinch the fourth position, while Ifepodun was in fifth position with 16 confirmed cases.
Asa LGA had 14 cases of the virus, Edu had four, Oke-Ero had three, while Moro, Irepodun and Oyun recorded two cases of the virus each.
According to the data, five LGAs, including Ekiti, Isin, Patigi, Kaiama and Kosubosu, have not recorded any case of the dreaded disease.
In the meantime, the state has so far recorded a total of 4,564 cases as at 10.35pm on Sunday, while 740 patients were discharged with 25 deaths recorded.
The state now has 171 active cases of the virus with results of 175 tests being awaited, while 3,453 tested negative. (NAN)
– Aug. 24, 2020 @ 17:55 GMT |
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