By Gbadamosi oladimeji
The Governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday, announced that the index has recovered and discharged with the help of health workers in the state.
It would be recalled that the index case returned positive on 3rd of April and sas immediately admitted into the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) at Igbatoro road Akure.
According to Akeredolu, ” the patient was on admission in the hospital where he received the very best care until we noticed improvement in his health”.
“Due to the two consecutive negative results and his stable clinical condition, the patient was hereby declared fit for discharge. This is in line with the standard COVID -19 patient discharge criteria.”
He added that the 22 follow up cases who had contact with the index and secondary cases have also tested negative.
Twenty one states have been affected in the country with Lagos the epicentre.
Here is cases summary as at April 20th 2020;
Total samples tested: 7153+
Total confirmed cases: 627
Discharged: 170
Death: 21
