Priscilla Ofunre, Ado-Ekiti
Ekiti State, on Monday, recorded one new case of COVID-19 as confirmed by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC).
A statement, on Monday night, by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, on the latest case read, “Ekiti State has recorded 1 new COVID-19 positive case, as confirmed by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
“The new positive case is a female, who entered Ekiti State during the lockdown, from Katsina State. Her purpose was to visit her husband, a military officer, who resides in Oye-Ekiti. When he noticed symptoms of the COVID-19 infection, he alerted the Task Force and samples were taken from her for testing. The test result returned positive to COVID-19.
“This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Ekiti State to twelve (12), of which nine (9) are active, two (2) discharged, and one (1) death,” the statement added.