BREAKING: UCH CMD, deputy Test Positive For COVID-19(Check Breakdown of the case in the country Here)

The provost and deputy provost of the University of Ibadan, UI, College of Medicine, Professors Ezekiel Olapade-Olaopa and Obafunke Denloye, have tested positive to coronavirus.

 

This was disclosed in a statement personally signed by the CMD.


The Statement reads:
       “Dear colleagues, I wish to inform you that the deputy provost and I tested positive for the COVID-19 following the tests done on Friday.


Although we are both asymptomatic, we have gone into self-isolation for the 14 days while our contacts are being observed closely to determine if they should also be tested.”


It is, however, unsure whether the duo are new cases or parts of the four cases confirmed by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, last night.


VAM recall that NCDC recorded 4 new cases of coronavirus in the state.


NCDC announced that the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state is now seven.


A breakdown of the case in the country according to the NCDC shows that Oyo State now have the third highest number of confirmed cases in the country.


Below is the break down of the 97 confirmed cases in the country:
Lagos- 59
FCT- 16
Ogun- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 1
Oyo- 7
Edo- 2
Bauchi- 2
Osun-2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1
Kaduna- 1.