On Sunday, the Federal Medical Center in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, announced that a two-year-old girl has tested positive in its facility to the novel coronavirus.
The infant was admitted eight days ago because of breathlessness, according to hospital spokesperson Segun Orisajo.
Afterwards, he said some tests were carried out on her.
“Due to the persisted high temperature, she was isolated, hence no member of staff or other patients were unduly exposed.”
“To confirm the initial suspicion by a team of care givers, on the third day, she was screened for coronavirus while her treatment continued. The samples of her test returned positive for coronavirus few moments ago,” the statement read.
Mr Orisajo noted that the girl is already receiving treatment at the isolation ward of the hospital while the hospital management had initiated a contact tracking of her parents.
Nigeria has recorded a total of 19,808 infections with 623 from the state of Ogun as of the time of filing this report.
According to data from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), there are 10,174 active cases, 5,101 recovered and were discharged while 506 people lost their lives to the disease.
