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No fewer than 35 Corp members at the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC camp in Sagamu, Ogun State, have been tested positive of Covid – 19.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the upsurge of the third wave of Covid – 19 in the state.
Dr Coker said some of the corp members have been confined to the isolation centers, while others are on home management.
“The number of NYSC members who have tested positive is 35. Some are on home management, while the rest are in the isolation center,” she said.
Rising Cases In Ogun
The State Commissioner for Health expressed concerns that Ogun has continued to witness a rise in covid-19 cases since the beginning of August, with at least 7 to 16 cases per day.
“Ogun State has continued to record a rise in the number of COVID 19 cases, with a 6 fold increase in admissions into the isolation centre compared to what was recorded 2 months earlier, ” she said.
“In the month of June 2021, there were only two cases giving a positivity rate of 0.04% while the month of July had a sharp rise of 96 cases with positivity rate of 7.4%.
“The first 3 days in the month of August have also seen a rise in positivity rate of 14.6%. Isolation WARD at OOUTH which had only 2 admissions in June currently has 12 persons on admission whilst isolation ward at Ikenne has 35 admissions with 71 on home management.
“Death rates had remained relatively static at 50 till July 15 after which we recorded 7 deaths in the last two weeks. “
In the last one week, there has been a sharp rise in new cases from 7 per day to 16 per day.”
Mortalities In The Unvaccinated
Dr Coker also lamented that only small fraction of the state’s population had been vaccinated.
She reminded the citizens to embrace vaccination, saying that government’s observation so far is that all mortalities are in the unvaccinated.
“His excellency Prince Dapo Abiodun would like to thank every one for making the phase one covid-19 vaccination process a huge success with a total of 126,631 vaccinated for the first dose, which translated to 136% of the state’s target population for the Phase 1 exercise while 57,453 were vaccinated for the second dose, “ she noted.
“In order to achieve the target another opportunity has come with the commencement of the 2nd phase of the vaccination of exercise across the twenty LGAs this month.
“Let me also seize this opportunity to encourage everyone who is 18 years and above and yet to be vaccinated to make themselves available in the next round of vaccination excercise at the nearest vaccination centres.
She explained that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective and offers protection against the diseases and enjoined all to wear their masks properly, wash hands frequently, observe physical distancing and avoid crowded places.
Lateefah Ibrahim
