Ekiti records four new COVID-19 cases

By Tunde Olorungbotemi


Full statement from the state government below:

Ekiti COVID-19 Update

Ekiti State Government has received notice from NCDC of four (4) new COVID-19 positive cases, in the State.

The new cases are primary contacts of the 4th recorded case, a male doctor, aged 45 years old, who carried out a surgery on the recently deceased third positive case, during childbirth.

The newly confirmed cases are currently stable and asymptomatic and they have been transferred to the State's Isolation Center, Ado-Ekiti while our contact tracing team have commenced the process of contact identification and tracing of their immediate contacts for isolation. 

This brings the total of #COVID19 positive cases in Ekiti State to eight (8) - five (5) active, (2) discharged and one (1) death.

Dr Kayode Fayemi
Governor
Ekiti State