57-Year-Old Police Officer Dies Of COVID-19 In Edo

A 57-year-old police officer died of coronavirus in Edo State, making him the second person to be killed by the infection in the state.

The state Commissioner for Health, Patrick Okundia who confirmed the unfortunate passing on of the officer, said it was not clear how he got the infection.

Okudia stated: “We had an unfortunate situation of a 57-year-old police officer, who passed on yesterday (Tuesday). 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”

With this death, Edo State now has six active cases of the contagion out of the 15 confirmed case in the state. While seven have been discharged and death toll now stands at two.