The Commissioner for Health in Osun State, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, has disclosed that the state has lost a COVID-19 patient in one of its isolation centres.
He disclosed this in a statement in the state capital on Saturday.
The commissioner stated that the victim, who was in her 60s, died at the Asubiaro Isolation Centre in Osogbo.
“We pray God grant her eternal rest and give her family the fortitude to bear the loss,” the statement read in part.
Isamotu added that the state discharged four patients after they tested negative twice for the deadly virus.
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He explained that one of the discharged patients was Osun’s index case who had been taken to an isolation centre 38 days ago after returning from the United Kingdom.
The health commissioner explained that the remaining three were health workers who initially tested positive for the virus but recuperated.
Isamotu disclosed that the results of the four patients were received on Friday evening by the government from the NCDC accredited African Centre of Excellence in Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Ede.
He said it was important for all health workers to use the necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to avoid contracting the virus in the course of their work.
Figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that Osun has so far recorded 34 cases of COVID-19, 22 have now been treated and discharged, while three have died.
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