Ekiti State has discharged its index case from isolation centre after testing negative. on Tuesday, 31st of March 2020.
The governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi took to his Twitter handle to make this announcement.
He tweeted, “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 centre.”
The index case in Ekiti state was a man who drove a 27-year-old American to the State.
The American had since died of the virus. After the said driver tested positive, he was placed in an isolation centre where he was being cared for.