By Balogun Damilola
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, says two COVID-19 patients in the state have absconded.
In a series of posts on Twitter On Wednesday, the governor said the patients may have returned to their residence.
He said the state is currently managing 31 active cases, while some of the patients are residents of other parts of the country.
“We have received more results from pending COVID-19 confirmation tests. The result of one suspected case came back POSITIVE, on 03/05/2020. The person is based in Ibadan,” Makinde said.
“The results of five suspected cases came back POSITIVE on 04/05/2020. Four of these five cases are immigrants and the last person is an Oyo State resident. The results of five suspected cases came back POSITIVE on 05/05/2020. Four of these five cases are travellers from the Northern part of Nigeria and the last one is an Oyo State resident.
“Of the 33 active cases being managed by the state, two have absconded, possibly to their permanent places of residence. This brings the number of active cases in Oyo State to 31.
“Ten cases are self-isolating while twenty-one cases are being managed in the isolation centres in Oyo State; one at the University College Hospital, Ibadan & twenty in Olodo. Nineteen of these twenty cases at Olodo are asymptomatic & the last person has anosmia (loss of smell).
“A total of 975 samples have so far, been collected and are being processed. Please call the Emergency Operations Centre if you find travellers from other states arriving in your neighbourhood.”
Oyo has recorded a total number of 44 cases of COVID-19 so far, while some of the patients who recovered have been discharged