Seyi Makinde says 2 COVID-19 patients have absconded in Oyo, more positive cases imported by travellers
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, gave an update on the state’s COVID-19 cases and said two patients from the 33 active cases in the state have absconded.
Makinde in a series of tweets on his Twitter handle revealed that most of the new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the state are from travellers who entered Oyo from other states.
He said the result of one suspected case who is based in Ibadan, the state capital, came back positive on Sunday May 3, 2020 while “the results of five suspected cases came back positive on 04/05/2020. Four of these five cases are immigrants and the last person is an Oyo State resident.”
The governor said “The results of five suspected cases came back positive on 05/05/2020. Four of these five cases are travellers from the Northern part of Nigeria and the last one is an Oyo State resident.”
He added that of the 33 active cases being managed by the state, two have absconded, “possibly to their permanent places of residence. This brings the number of active cases in Oyo State to 31”.
Makinde also said 10 cases are self-isolating while 21 cases are being managed in the isolation centres in Oyo State; one at the University College Hospital, Ibadan and 20 in Olodo. 19 of these twenty cases at Olodo are asymptomatic and the last person has anosmia (loss of smell).
“A total of 975 samples have so far, been collected and are being processed,” he said.
Oyo State is one of the few states in the southwest where the government did not impose total lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 as it was done in other states.
Speaking on a radio programme last Sunday April 27, Makinde had said there will be no lockdown or restriction across the state as the state begins the distribution of palliatives this week.
