“All nine new cases have since been evacuated for further treatment at our isolation facilities.' Nigeria Covid19 Bayelsa
The Co-chairman of the Bayelsa State Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Nathaniel Inodu, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Yenogoa.
“These nine newly confirmed cases bring the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 21. Six out of these nine cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases while three are not epidemiologically linked to any of the previous confirmed cases. “We discharged three cases during the past week. One case was discharged on Saturday, and the two other cases were discharged just yesterday after all their repeat tests returned negative.
Inodu said the state recorded a death last week as the patient who was initially responding to treatment suddenly developed severe shortness of breath. The Co-chairman said that the State Government Quarantine Facility has since been admitting contacts who were unable to self-quarantine.He said that the State Public Emergency Operations Centre and the State COVID -19 Task Force were and would remain on REPONSE mode; doing their best to contain and mitigate the impact of the pandemic.
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