A total 148 new cases of confirmed coronavirus infections have pushed the country’s burden to 2,950.
A total 43 of the new confirmed cases are in Lagos, 32 of them in Kano.
The others are:
14-Zamfara
10-FCT
9-Katsina
7-Taraba
6-Borno
6-Ogun
5-Oyo
3-Edo
3-Kaduna
3-Bauchi
2-Adamawa
2-Gombe
1-Plateau
1-Sokoto
1-Kebbi
So far, 481 people have been discharged from hospital after treatment.
By Tuesday, a total 98 people have died.
Meanwhile dozens of people mostly those advanced in age died in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State within four days, families of the deceased and witnesses said on Tuesday.
They died between May 1 and May 5.
The victims reportedly died of high fever, diabetes and high blood pressure, but health officials said these could only be underlying factors and asked authorities to extend the high profile investigation and intervention currently ongoing in neighbouring Kano State to Jigawa to stem the tide.
Daily Trust reports that Kano State had also recorded hundreds of deaths especially of the elderly in the last few days and after denials and counterclaims, officials at the state and federal government swung into action.
The presidential task force sent to Kano to unravel the mystery had said coronavirus could be one of the factors responsible for the high number of deaths.
As of Tuesday, May 5, Jigawa State had 39 confirmed COVID- 19 cases while Kano had 397.
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