Four new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Bayelsa

Four more cases of the Coronvirus cases were Thursday night confirmed in Bayelsa by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) taking the tally to five in Bayelsa.

According to Dr Inodu Akpoku, Chairman of the Bayelsa COVID-19 Implementation Task Force, the index case, a 49-year-old mother of three who was confirmed to be COVID-19 positive on April 26 has stabilized.

The index case, a diabetic and hypertensive who had rejected the COVID-19 test result is recovering fast at the isolation centre where she is currently being managed at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital.

Gov Douye Diri who addressed the people of Bayelsa in a statewide broadcast assured that the government was adequately prepared to tackle the virus and had put in place a robust health system to check the pandemic.

Diri announced a one week total lockdown except for those on essential duties.

The four new cases were among the 204 new cases that has tested positive on Thursday evening, according to update available at the web portal of the NCDC.

 Below is the breakdown.

80-Kano

45-Lagos

12-Gombe

9-Bauchi

9-Sokoto

7-Borno

7-Edo

6-Rivers

6-Ogun

4-FCT

4-Akwa Ibom

4-Bayelsa

3-Kaduna

2-Oyo

2-Delta

2-Nasarawa

1-Ondo

1-Kebbi

Discharged: 319

Deaths: 58