Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, who made the disclosure on Tuesday while addressing journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, said the doctor contracted the disease while treating an expectant 29-year-old woman suffering from the pandemic.
Ekiti State Government on Tuesday said a medical doctor working with a private hospital in the state, has tested positive for Coronavirus, bringing to four the number of confirmed cases in the state.
Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, who made the disclosure on Tuesday while addressing journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, said the doctor contracted the disease while treating an expectant 29-year-old woman suffering from the pandemic.
The woman, who is a health official with Lagos State Government, was announced as the third case in Ekiti last Saturday.
Yaya-Kolade said, “Yes, we have one doctor who tested positive and he is being treated at the isolation centre but others were negative.”