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COVID-19 death in Edo rises to 6 as state discharges four more patients

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The government of Edo said the number of persons to have died as a result of COVID-19 in the state had risen to six.

The state Governor Godwin Obaseki stated this while announcing that the state had treated and discharged four more COVID-19 patients.

The governor said the latest discharged patients had brought the number of COVID-19 persons who contracted the virus but now treated and discharged to 39.

He wrote on his official Twitter account, @GovernorObaseki, on Friday:

“We have discharged 4 more patients from #COVID19 isolation centres in the state, bringing the total number of those discharged to 39.

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“However, the total number of deaths have risen to 6.

“Our frontline workers, as always, remain key to our successes. Stay safe. Stay at home.”

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