Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi has announced a new case of coronavirus in the state.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to nine.

He also disclosed one of the patients will be discharged today having recovered and tested negative twice.

The Governor, who noted the viral load of the remaining seven patients are becoming very negligible, said the medical team is hopeful that by next week most of them will be discharged too.

Umahi said the 9th patient is a 26- year- old man who hails from Odenigbo village of Ngbodi Ward in Ikwo LGA.

He said the patient deals on phone accessories and was staying at Salvation Army Street in Ibadan , Oyo State.

“He came into Ebonyi State on 8th of May, 2020 and was intercepted at the border and brought into the stadium and his sample was collected on 9th of May, 2020 and the result came out positive of Covid-19.