The government, however, said there are still 76 active cases in the state as at Friday.
In an update by the Commissioner of Health, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni, out of the 232 cases reported, 149 have been discharged, while seven deaths have been recorded.
She said that the state had tested almost 2, 000 samples, warning that “case numbers are likely to rise further as more tests are conducted in more places.”
“COVID-19 cases have been recorded in 33 wards in nine local government areas of the state: Chikun, Giwa, Igabi, Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Makarfi, Sabon-Gari, Soba and Zaria. The data showed that 80 per cent of the infected persons are male.’’
According to her, most of the cases either have a history of interstate travel or are contacts of infected persons.
“In addition to public health warnings to avoid interstate travel, state health officials have been engaged in vigorous contact tracing to contain the spread of the infections.
source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/05/4-month-old-covid-19-patient-discharged.html
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