Kwara Records First COVID-19 Death, Police Stops 200 Almajiris At State Border

Kwara records first COVID-19 death, four new cases

Kwara State Government hereby announces the death of a COVID-19 case. The fellow had recently arrived Kwara from Lagos with his wife and a child shortly after he suffered stroke at his Lagos base. Before his death, the government had treated him, his wife and their child as suspected cases and samples were taken from them. The results of their samples came back positive.

The Chief Press Secretary to Kwara Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye via a statement said, he died early Saturday morning even before the family got to know about their COVID status. He has been buried accordingly. Everyone involved in the burial has now had their samples taken. Because of the peculiarity of this development, the Rapid Response Team has moved in to bring all those involved into the isolation centre, including the wife and the child.

This brings to 28 the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kwara State. Of these, 19 are active while nine have been discharged. All active cases are asymptomatic.

Police stops 200 suspected Almajiri from entering Kwara

Meanwhile, Kwara State police command has today, made a remarkable exploit by distructing plan of no fewer than two hundred suspected Almajiris (200) from invading the state.

In a statement signed and made available to theInformat247 by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ajayi Okasanmi, the police acting on intelligence, intercepted the travellers and deported them to where they claimed they were coming from.