Edo: We have successfully contained COVID-19 pandemic

The Edo government says it has successfully contained the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, as it has just one active case in isolation.

Andrew Obi, the incident manager of the Edo COVID-19 task force, disclosed this during a meeting chaired by Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state.

Obi said the state has continued to record a decline in the number of positive COVID-19 cases and fatalities, adding that there has also been an impressive recovery rate, which indicates that the outbreak has been contained in the state.

According to the incident manager, Edo has so far collected 31,843 samples and recorded 2,197 confirmed cases, with 2,123 recoveries, and 73 deaths since December 1, 2020, when the state started tracking the second wave of the pandemic.

While noting that the state has not recorded any COVID-related death in the last 23 days, he said vaccination campaign has been intensified across all local councils.

Obi urged the elderly and health workers to get vaccinated, adding that 33,400 persons in Edo have received the vaccine in the first phase of the exercise.

He advised residents to continue to adhere to the safety protocol, and urged those with COVID-19 symptoms to contact the Edo emergency operation centre for assistance.

According to data by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), since the start of the pandemic, Edo has recorded 4,893 COVID-19 infections, which include 4,707 recoveries and 185 deaths.

However, within the past one month, Edo has recorded 25 COVID cases, which include some days without a single case confirmed.