Seven Almajirai Test Positive For COVID-19 In Niger State As First Patient Dies
At least seven Almajiri returnees from Kaduna have tested positive for COVID-19 in Niger state.
The State Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr Muhammad Makusidi, disclosed this on Saturday. He also said the state has recorded its first COVID-19 death, a 40-year-old diabetic taxi driver plying the Suleja-Abuja route.The Commissioner said a postmortem sample was taken for test and it returned positive, stressing that contact tracing will commence with immediate effect.Makusidi, on Saturday, revealed that eight new cases had been confirmed after the state sent 22 samples for testing to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
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