The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mrs. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, has said that a female resident of Katsina State, who came to visit her military officer husband in Ekiti State has tested positive, thereby increasing the number of COVID-19 patients in the state to 12.
The commissioner who made this known on Tuesday said, “The new positive case is a female, who entered Ekiti State during the lockdown, from Katsina State.
“Her purpose was to visit her husband, a military officer who resides in Oye-Ekiti.
“When he noticed symptoms of the COVID-19 infection, he alerted the task force, and samples were taken from her for testing. The test result returned positive to COVID-19”
She further said, “This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Ekiti State to 12, of which nine are reactive, two discharged, and one dead”.