Two new COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded in Ondo State.
The state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, made the disclosure on his verified Twitter handle on Monday.
According to the governor, three new confirmed cases of the deadly virus were also recorded.
With the two new deaths, the total number of deaths recorded in the state now stands at four.
While revealing that the two patients who were part of the three new cases discovered passed on at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, UNIMEDTH, Ondo town, Ondo State.
The governor’s tweet reads, “Today, we recorded three new cases and an unprecedented number of deaths from #COVID19Nigeria in Ondo State.
“Two of the new cases passed on at UNIMED in Ondo town this morning. The third case is currently at the IDH in Akure undergoing treatment,” Akeredolu tweeted.
In other news, Bayelsa State Committee on COVID-19 has confirmed nine cases among the 307 cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, bringing the number of case in the State to 21.
