Ogun records 8 new cases of COVID-19 in Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode

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The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, has urged residents of the state to give all attention to the given guidelines of COVID-19 protocols, saying that the state recorded eight new cases of the virus on August 2.

Coker in a statement made available to newsmen said six of the new cases were discovered in Sagamu while the other two were found in Sagamu, both in Ogun East Senatorial District of the state.

The statement by the health commissioner further disclosed that the present cumulative cases of Covid-19 in Ogun State stand at 4,801 with 12 people currently on admission in the isolation centres while 56 asymptomatic patients are on home management.

Coker advised residents on social distancing, regular hand washing, use of face masks as well as avoidance of mass gatherings.

It assured that the Prince Dapo Abiodun led government is committed to putting all measures in place to curtail the third wave in Ogun State.

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