The Kwara State Government, on Saturday, recorded the death of a COVID-19 case. This was confirmed in a statement signed by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor\/Spokesman, Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19. He disclosed that the COVID-19 patient arrived in Kwara from Lagos with a child and has since been receiving treatment.
This was confirmed in a statement signed by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor/Spokesman, Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19.
The statement read: “The fellow had recently arrived Kwara from Lagos with his wife and a child shortly after he suffered stroke at his Lagos base. Before his death, the government had treated him, his wife and their child as suspected cases and samples were taken from them.“Unfortunately, he died early Saturday morning even before the family got to know about their COVID status.
“Because of the peculiarity of this development, the Rapid Response Team has moved in to bring all those involved into the isolation centre, including the wife and the child.
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