NYSC Member Tests Positive for COVID-19 In Ondo

A member of the National Youth Service Corps, serving in Ondo State has tested positive for Coronavirus.

Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state, Donald Ojogo said, “the thrid index case in Ondo is a Medical Doctor; he is a Youth Corp member attached to the Army Clinic at the Barracks and had attended to the first index case while he was under observation. Mr. Governor will tomorrow at noon, address the people of the State on further details in respect of this case and provide deeper insights”.

Also, NCDC says the reported case in Ondo State is a close contact of the index case who was also put in isolation but was tested once they began to display symptoms. The new case brings the total number of confirmed cases in Ondo State to 3

According to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nigeria has recorded (20) twenty new cases of #COVID19, which include:

13 in Lagos
2 in Edo
2 in Kano
2 in Ogun
1 in Ondo

As at 09:50 pm 13th April there are 343 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 91 have been discharged with 10 deaths

No of states with confirmed cases:19