Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has tested positive to COVID-19.His wife, Dame Edith Okowa also tested positive.The governor...
His wife, Dame Edith Okowa also tested positive.“My wife and I have tested positive for COVID-19. We are well and continuing with our isolation/medication. We thank you all for your continued prayers for us and our daughter,” he wrote.
The governor had gone into isolation last week with his family after one of his daughters tested positive to the virus. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba had said, that “consequently, the Governor and his family members will immediately commence self-isolation for 14 days”.
According to latest figures by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, there are 25,694 confirmed cases in the country.965 of the cases recorded are in Delta State.
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