The Kwara state has declared said it currently has 143 active cases of COVID-19 patients.
It added that it has so far discharged no fewer than 71 patients with 68 active cases.
Health Commissioner Dr Razaq Raji told reporters in Ilorin, the state capital on the sideline of the presentation of medical
equipment to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF) donated the 40 feet container load of the equipment to the institution.
Raji said: “The equipment they supplied here will be complementary to what the Kwara state government is doing and Kwarans and Nigerian will benefit from it.
“And I am telling you that the state currently has about 143 cases positive, 68 are still active. We are managing them. 71 patients have been managed and discharged. They are well and we have four deaths. COVID-19 is real everybody should stay safe.”
In a remark, Chief of staff of the foundation, Assistant Inspector General of Police (rtd) Chris Ezike put the worth of the equipment at $380,000.
Ezike added that the foundation “shall also be donating to UITH 100 hospital beds with mattresses, cupboards and accessories as our modest contribution.
He said: “We are in an uncommon time; the COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges with a lot of questions requiring answers. We must, therefore, support government at all levels in dealing with this pandemic. We must appreciate our health workers realizing that in a period like this nothing else matters except health, life and living.”
