The Jigawa State government on Thursday announced 28 more confirmed cases of coronavirus amongst Islamic school pupils (almajiris) sent back from other states.
, Abba Zakari, told reporters that one more patient died from coronavirus complications.
“Unfortunately yesterday we lost a patient; the patient wasn’t regular on his drugs, he was on oxygen for about two days, he didn’t make it and he died,” the official said. Mr Zakari said apart from the 23 confirmed cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday, 28 more cases on Thursday tested positive at a private laboratory.With this, he said the state has recorded 51 confirmed cases in two days, of which 31 are almajiris.Why COVID-19 testing was temporarily suspended in Kano – Health Minister
Earlier, the state governor, Muhammad Badaru, warned that if the pandemic spiralled out of control, up to 20,000 cases could be reported in the state in a worst-case scenario. Mr Badaru said insufficient testing remained a problem as the state relies on testing facilities in Kano, Kaduna and Abuja.
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