This is according to the Commissioner for Health and COVID-19 Incident Manager in the state, Dominic Ukpong, while briefing newsmen in Uyo, the state capital.
Ukpong said the confirmation followed the release of five results of the thirty-one samples that were sent to the National Centre for Disease Control by the Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 Management Committee.
The Health Commissioner said it is the wish of the state that the remaining results will be more of negatives, so as to encourage a return to normalcy in the state.
He also warned commercial transporters against sharing of facemasks which they allegedly hand out to passengers to use while onboard their vehicles and retrieves them upon disembarking so as to be used by another passenger.
The commissioner said the sharing of facemasks is dangerous and unacceptable, while urging members of the public to avoid the practice.
