The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, on Friday gave a contradictory report on the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state
in its daily update said the state recorded six cases, Mr Makinde announced 10 via his official Twitter handle. The governor’s chief press secretary, Taiwo Adisa, maintained Mr Makinde’s figure when contacted on Saturday.
“We have started receiving results of pending COVID-19 confirmation tests. Two tests came back positive late last night . One from a UCH doctor who returned from Kano and another is a worker with the State Security Service. “In addition to the case recorded in Lagos which was announced yesterday, another confirmed case recorded in Kano is also being managed in Oyo State. This brings the number of active cases in Oyo State to twenty,” his tweet read around 11:39p.m yesterday.PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday contacted Governor Makinde’s CPS, Mr Adisa who clarified the contradiction.
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