By Mumini Abdulkareem
Covid-19 cases in Kwara State rose to 24 on Friday as eight samples returned positive from the over 160 recently taken for test.
The state received 38 results from the Nigeria Decease Control Commission (NCDC) on Thursday which confirmed the new figures from the 16 positives cases initially recorded in the state.
Results for 80 other samples are still being awaited.
Although spokesman for the Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19, Rafiu Ajakaye in a statement on Friday had said โthe state now has a total of 21 confirmed cases, out of which 13 are active and the remaining eight have recovered and have since been discharged.
โWe are sad to note that these five new cases came from the 28 travellers from Sokoto/Kebbi axis that were intercepted by the DSS at Oko Olowo area (Ilorin) and were instantly quarantined before they could mix with the population.
”Going forward, anyone who crosses the border to Kwara State in defiance of the inter-state lockdown directive would be turned back to wherever they were coming from, no matter at what time of the dayโ.
But the state Covid-19 table was later updated by the state government to reflect the new figures.
Meanwhile, the technical committee has approved the fumigation of various places on Saturday to curtail the spread of the pandemic.
Places to be fumigated include the state secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Gulf Club, Government House, and the Governorsโ Office.
Other places to be fumigated include the Emirโs Palace in Ilorin; the Diagnostic Centre; Radio Kwara complex; Kwara Television complex; the Herald complex; University of Ilorin; Kwara State House of Assembly Complex; Ilorin International Airport; State High Court premises; Olusola Saraki Abbatoire; Post Office Complex; and the motor parks in Akerebiata, Maraba, Oloje, Offa Garage, and Sawmill motor park 1 and 2, among others, the statement added.
