Osun discharges 2 COVID-19 patients, records 2 new cases

By : NAN

Date: 25 May 2020 10:45am WAT

Argentine doctor Gonzalo Figueroa of the Medical Emergency System (SAME) of Buenos Aires sprays alcohol on his colleague Hernan Chaile outside an hospital after moving a patient with COVID-19 symptoms, on May 20, 2020 in Buenos Aires. - The number of COVID-19 cases in Argentina has raised to more than 9.000, while the mandatory quarantine imposed on March 20 is still fully applied in the capital Buenos Aires. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

The Osun Government says it has discharged two more coronavirus patients from its isolation and treatment centre.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, who made this known in a statement on Monday in Osogbo, said the patients were discharged after testing negative for the virus twice as required by treatment protocol.

Isamotu, however, confirmed the detection of two new COVID-19 cases in the state.

“Today, two COVID-19 patients were discharged from our isolation and treatment centre to join their families after they tested negative for the virus.

“Sadly, we also recorded two new cases in the state.

“Thankfully, they are all stable and responding to treatment.

“In total, 34 patients have been successfully treated and discharged from our isolation centres across the state out of the 44 confirmed cases in the state,” he said.

Isamotu urged residents to continue to abide by the safety measures put in place by the state government to contain the spread of the coronavirus.