Six Coronavirus patients have been discharged from Osun state isolation centre after making full recovery.
Osun state Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, in a series of tweet broke the news on Wednesday, saying the patients had tested negative for the disease twice.
He revealed that the discharged patients are among the 127 Ivory Coast returnees that came into the state in March.
Another good news from our Isolation Centre, as 6 more COVID-19 patients have tested negative twice, in line with @NCDCgov protocol. The patients who are among the 127 Ivory Coast returnees have been discharged to join their families.
— ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA (@GboyegaOyetola) April 15, 2020
In a follow up tweet, Governor Oyetola stated that with the new report, there are now a total of 17 recovered and discharged patients in the state.
This brings to 17, the number of cases that have tested negative twice & have been discharged after treatment in our State. The remaining 2 patients at our facility are responding to treatment & it is our hope they will recover soon &be released to reconnect with their families.
— ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA (@GboyegaOyetola) April 15, 2020
The Governor also thanked Osun residents for their cooperation and sacrifice, as well as the good work of health workers.
Once again, I thank the people of Osun for your cooperation &sacrifice during this challenging period. I also appreciate all our health workers who have been working so hard to ensure we’re all safe. You’re our heroes&we can’t appreciate your sacrifices enough. God bless you all.
— ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA (@GboyegaOyetola) April 15, 2020
According to the governor, the remaining patients are responding to treatment at the state’s facility and will be released soon.
As at press time, Nigeria has recorded a total of 373 COVID-19 cases, of which Osun has 20 cases.
