The Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, in Ogun state on Sunday confirmed that a pregnant woman died of COVID-19 in the centre on Friday.
The management also said it had shut down the Accident and Emergency Complex of the centre where the woman died.
The Head of the Public Relations Unit of the FMC, Abeokuta, Segun Orisajo, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Fears have gripped workers of the hospital since Friday when the pregnant woman died in the facility.
Four health workers were said to have attended to the patient before she died.
There are concerns that the health workers that attended to the patient might have been exposed to the virus, hence, their samples were taken for tests and results are still being awaited.
Reacting to the development, Orisajo explained that the incident involved three persons which included two women.
He said, “Three suspected cases were being managed at the Accident and Emergency Complex of the Centre within last week.
“However, two of the patients tested positive while one was negative. One of the patients who tested positive was a pregnant woman who passed on on Friday. Her result returned positive on Saturday.”
The PRO further said the hospital management had released the corpse of the deceased to her husband.
According to Orisajo, her corpse was released to her husband after careful counselling and due adherence to the World Health Organisation’s guidelines on such matter.
On the second case, Orisajo explained that the patient was a young man who had been transferred to the state isolation centre.
He said “The second patient is a young man who has been transferred to an isolation centre in the state.
“He is clinically stable. Both patients were managed in the accident and emergency complex.”
While allaying fears, the hospital spokesperson said there was no cause for alarm over the state of health of workers who attended to the patients.
