Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said the state has recorded another 15 positive cases of coronavirus, in a company located in the Ibadan South West Local Government Area of the state.
Makinde, who revealed this on Thursday morning via his Twitter page, named the company as iSON Xperiences, and that it has been shut for decontamination, also adding that contact tracing of persons linked to the victims has begun.
“Two confirmed COVID-19 patients have received their second negative test results and have been discharged. This brings the number of discharged cases in Oyo State to forty-eight.
“Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for nineteen suspected cases came back positive. Fifteen are from iSON Xperiences in Ibadan South West LGA, 2 are from Ido LGA and 1 is from Ibadan South East LGA. So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State is 162,” he tweeted.
The governor had earlier announced on May 16 that 30 workers of the company were infected with the virus.
On May 18, Makinde disclosed that another eight employees tested positive for the virus, adding that 19 and six workers were confirmed positive for the virus on May 19 and May 20, respectively.
