Ondo State Government said it has discharged five patients from its Infectious Disease Hospital after they tested negative for COVID-19.

The five patients have been receiving treatment for COVID-19 infection.

A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, said the discharge of the five patients makes it 11 persons the state government has successfully treated of COVID-19.

The statement reads, “This is to announce that five patients of the dreaded corona virus have been treated and discharged.

“Against this backdrop, only four active cases are currently being monitored in accordance with prescribed globally-accepted protocols at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH).”