Oyo State has recorded its first COVID-19-related death.
Governor Seyi Makinde announced this in a Twitter thread late Wednesday.
He said the deceased died at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, before his COVID-19 test result came out positive.
“The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case came back positive,” he wrote.
“The patient died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, before his result came out today- Wednesday; contact tracing has already commenced.
“As reported earlier, one confirmed case was transferred to Lagos, so, there are currently five active cases in Oyo State.”
Oyo State has 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Wednesday night, out of which one person died and another was transferred to Lagos.
Ten persons were also discharged after testing negative twice to the disease.
There are now five active cases.
