Covid-19: Ogun State Extends Lockdown, As Cases Rise To 134

Active cases of the Covid-19 in Ogun State have, within one week, spiked from 100 to 134, representing more than 30 percent increase within one week.

Disclosing this at a news conference in Abeokuta Friday evening, the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, said the asymmetric rise in the Coronavirus cases has now necessitated an extension of the state’s lockdown by another one week.

Subsequently, the lockdown will now last till Sunday, May 24, he declared.

“In my last week briefing, the number of confirmed cases in Ogun State was 100. But, by yesterday, Thursday 14th May, 2020, we had recorded 34 more positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 134.

This shows an increase of more than 30%, in just one week,” a worried Abiodun disclosed.

He nonetheless explained that the window of relaxation in the lockdown, from 7am to 5pm, would continue, as usual, for Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Updating on government’s effort to flatten the curve of the pandemic, Governor Abiodun said the state had, within the last one week, discharged 20 additional patients who were successfully treated at its isolation centres, in addition to 39 others who had earlier been discharged, thus bringing the total number of patients with the clean bill of health, to 59.

“the rate of recovery is very heartwarming and encouraging and we pray that this pattern continues.” The Governor said .

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