The Kano State Ministry of Health has announced that five more patients died from coronavirus complications in the state.
The Ministry on its Twitter handle also said three more patients recovered from the disease and they were discharged from the isolation facility.
The five deaths announced by the Kano government today appeared to be the same five deaths announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night.
The Federal Government has expressed worry over the rising cases of Coronavirus in Kano State.
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. OLORUNNIBE MAMORA, expressed this worry in Abuja at the media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
He however said the Federal Government would increase its support for the highly populated state, to stop the spread of the virus.
On his part, the Minister of Information, LAI MOHAMMED has asked Nigerians, to disregard reports that a vaccine for COVID-19 has been found, in Kano State.
On his part, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID 19, SANI ALIYU, said the team has its eyes on Kano.
Nigeria has recorded Thirty-five new cases of COVID-19, bringing the country’s total infections to 442.
The NCDC confirmed this last night via a statement on Twitter.
According to the agency, of the 35 cases, 19 were found in Lagos, 9 in the FCT, 5 in Kano and 2 in Oyo state.
A total of 152 persons have, however, been discharged while 13 deaths have so far been recorded in the country.
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