The Commissioner for Health in Ondo state, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, has died.

Adegbenro died of COVID-19 at the state infectious disease hospital in Akure on Thursday July 2. He was 65 years old.

This comes two days after the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, tested positive for Coronavirus. Governor Akeredolu in a statewide broadcast disclosed his COVID-19 status. He said he is asymptomatic and is now in isolation.