143 DOCTORS, OTHER HEALTH WORKERS INFECTED WITH COVID-19 IN EDO
THE NUMBER OF HEALTH WORKERS, INCLUDING DOCTORS INFECTED WITH COVID-19 IN EDO STATE HAS RISEN TO 143, IN THE WAKE OF THE SECOND WAVE OF THE PANDEMIC.
THIS IS EVEN AS THE STATE RECORDED 72 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE LAST 72 HOURS.
THE STATE’S COVID-19 INCIDENT MANAGER, DR. ANDREW OBI, DISCLOSED THIS IN A VIRTUAL MEETING OF THE STATE COVID-19 TASKFORCE, CHAIRED BY THE STATE GOVERNOR, GODWIN OBASEKI.
HE SAID THE 72 NEW CASES RECORDED IN THE LAST 72 HOURS WERE REPORTED FROM A TOTAL OF 640 SAMPLES COLLECTED WITHIN THE TIME FRAME, ADDING THAT THE STATE CURRENTLY HAS 306 ACTIVE CASES.
HE ADDED THAT WITHIN THE 72-HOUR PERIOD, THERE WERE 34 NEW RECOVERIES AND THREE NEW DEATHS.
DR. OBI, SAYS 44 OF THE 72 NEW CASES WERE REPORTED AT THE REAL-TIME PCR LABORATORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN TEACHING HOSPITAL (UBTH), WHILE 28 WERE REPORTED AT LABORATORY AT THE IRRUA SPECIALIST TEACHING HOSPITAL (ISTH).
