The Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19 has confirmed two separate cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state.
A statement on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, said one of them is the wife of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) patient, a UK returnee, who died last Thursday while the other is another UK returnee.
The statement said the state government received official confirmation of the test results from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Test Centre in Ibadan.
Mr Ajakaye said the government would address a news briefing on Tuesday to give details and further measures to be taken to tackle the virus.
Meanwhile, the NCDC has confirmed the cases in Kwara as part of six new cases across the country.
“Six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 2 in Kwara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Rivers and 1 in the FCT,” the agency said on Monday night.
“As of 09:30 pm 6th April there are 238 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Thirty-five have been discharged with five deaths.”
Edo State now has 11 cases of COVID-19, Rivers has two cases while the FCT now has 48 cases.
