The hospital where
the first coronavirus patient in Delta state was treated has been sealed off by
state authorities, The Nation reports.
The hospital is said
to be situated in a storey building which houses other residents.
Ifeanyi Okowa, the
state governor, announced the death of the patient on Thursday.
In his tweet, the
governor said the patient “had underlying health issues and had visited Lagos
State in the past two weeks”.
The patient was said
to have presented himself late to the hospital.
Onyeke Ezekiel, DPO
from the A division, reportedly led other policemen and some community leaders
to effect the seal off.
According to the
report, the 57-year-old patient was the business manager of Benin Electricity
Distribution Company (BEDC) and a pastor in one of the churches in the area.
He was briefly
admitted at the clinic on Ekurede Itsekiri Road, Warri, before he was
transferred to Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH) Oghara, where
he died on Wednesday before the result of his blood sample came out positive on
Thursday.
Security operatives
have intensified efforts to effect the lockdown in the state.
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