Ekiti State on Tuesday discharged its index case from isolation centre after testing negative.
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, made this known on Tuesday via his verified Twitter handle.
Thanks to our resilient health workers, Ekiti state’s #COVID19 patient has now been discharged. With this, Ekiti State has no coronavirus patient at its isolation center. #COVID19Nigeria pic.twitter.com/6evS09MwRg
— Kayode Fayemi (@kfayemi) March 31, 2020
The index case in Ekiti was a man who drove a 27-year-old American to the State.
Though the American died and his coronavirus result declared inconclusive, the driver tested positive and his female caregiver negative.