Police officer dies from COVID-19 in Edo

A police officer in Edo has lost his battle to coronavirus, bringing the number of COVID-19 deaths in the state to two.

Patrick Okundia, Edo commissioner for health, confirmed the death on Wednesday, describing it as “unfortunate”.

“It is not very clear how he got the infection but he developed some illnesses. Initially, there was no evidence of suspicion of coronavirus disease, but when the symptoms started getting worse, he was treated at the police clinic.

“About two days before he died, our surveillance team was called to have a look and it was in that process that they took his sample and sent it to the laboratory, while he continued with his drugs.

“He was consequently placed on self-isolation. However, the result came out positive. Before we could get to his house to move him out, the man had died. It is really unfortunate, as the result came after the man had died.”

The state currently has 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of the figure, six are active cases.

Seven patients, including Frank Okiye, speaker of the state assembly, have recovered from the disease.