13 more Imo lawmakers test positive for COVID-19

Thirteen more members of the Imo State House of Assembly have tested positive for coronavirus.

The spokesman for the State Task Force on COVID-19, Chinedu Iwuala, confirmed the development to Channels Television on Tuesday.

This brings the total number of lawmakers in the state who are COVID-19 positive to 14.

The infected lawmakers have gone into self-isolation and the State Assembly Complex in Owerri has remained shut since the first lawmaker was diagnosed with the virus.