Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El Rufai, has announced two deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic, a little over a week after the state announced its first fatality from the virus.
El-Rufai, late Saturday, announced on his official twitter handle that the deceased are; a senior citizen of the state from Makarfi Local Government Area and a lady from Zaria.
Daily Trust reports that Kaduna State had recorded its first fatality last week Saturday when the State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed- Baloni announced that the deceased was a retired civil servant with underlining health conditions and had concealed his travel history to Kano State when he reported at a private and government hospital.
The Commissioner said the retired government official had died before his positive test result came back.
In a tweet from his official twitter handle, the governor also revealed that two more persons have tested positive, brining the active COVID-19 cases in the state to 87.
He said the latest cases are; a male from Igabi and a female from Chikun local government areas.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Kaduna has so far recorded 98 cases of COVID-19.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/Z5x7UFXpXd#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/sqc2pklFAJ
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 9, 2020
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