Osun State Government said it has discharged six new coronavirus patients. Governor Gboyega Oyetola made this known in a tweet on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020.

Governor Oyetola said with the newly discharged patients, the total number of recoveries in Osun State has risen to seventeen (17).

According to him, the discharged patients were among the Nigerians that recently returned to the state from the Ivory Coast, He added that each of them tested negative for coronavirus twice, before they were discharged from an isolation centre in the state, with strict adherence to the protocols of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

He said,

Another good news from our Isolation Centre, as six more COVID-19 patients have tested negative twice, in line with NCDC protocol.

The patients, who are among the 127 Ivory Coast returnees have been discharged to join their families.

This brings to 17, the number of cases that have tested negative twice and have been discharged after treatment in our state.

The remaining two patients at our facility are responding to treatment and it is our hope they will recover soon and be released to reconnect with their families.

Once again, I thank the people of Osun for your cooperation and sacrifice during this challenging period. I also appreciate all our health workers who have been working so hard to ensure we’re all safe. You’re our heroes and we can’t appreciate your sacrifices enough. God bless you all.

Justin Nwosu

Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.