By Mudiaga Affe
Edo State Government on Tuesday said the death toll from COVID-19 complications has risen to 26, as the state recorded four new deaths.

The government added that three out of the four deaths were unvaccinated victims and the other one partially vaccinated.

Addressing a press conference in Benin, the state Covid-19 Case Management lead, Dr. Osagie Ebonmwonyi, urged residents to embrace COVID-19 vaccination to reduce the rise in the number of infections and deaths in the state.

Ebonmwonyi, who spoke after the daily virtual meeting of the State COVID-19 Taskforce, headed by Governor Godwin Obaseki, added that deaths arising from the pandemic were mostly preventable if people would go for vaccination and obey NCDC guidelines and safety protocols.

He said that the state government had intensified the vaccination of citizens across the state’s 18 local government areas with the provision of mobile medical teams, who moved around to ensure vaccination of all.

The COVID-19 management team lead called on all residents to be vaccinated to stay alive and healthy, noting that more unvaccinated persons continued to die from the virus.

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He said, “Edo state has witnessed in the past 24 hours four new deaths, three new recoveries and discharged, with 14 news cases detected.

“Three out of the four deaths unvaccinated, and one partially vaccinated.

“Deaths from Covid-19 are mostly preventable if we get vaccinated. We have a lot of mobile teams, who move around to ensure vaccination of all.”