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Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has confirmed a new case of the coroanvirus in the state.
Makinde who disclosed this in a post on Twitter, said there are currently eight active cases in Oyo State.
He said: “The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case, a doctor at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, came back POSITIVE, today.”
Also the number of infections recorded in the Nigeria has risen to 542, just as the number of coronavirus fatalities hit 19.
Disclosing this on Saturday night via Twitter , the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) said a total of 166 recoveries have been recorded so far.
“Forty-nine new cases of COVID-19 have been reported; 23 in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo, 1 in Ekiti
“As at 10:40 pm 18th April there are 542 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria,” NCDC said