Development of an Artificial Neural Network Model for Detection of COVID-19 Benjamin Aribisala1,2*, Olumuyiwa Odusanya3, Olusola Olabanjo1, Elias Wahab4, Olayinka Atilola5, Abdulrasaq Saheed1 Abstract Background: The insurgence and resurgence of waves of the COVID-19 virus pandemic, aside its recorded mortality, has posed a lot of burden on the global health,