A 4-month-old baby who tested positive recovered from the illness.
The child was one of the 20 COVID-19 cases recorded in the state on May 15.
Kaduna State at the moment ranks 11th.
A 4-month-old baby who tested positive for Coronavirus in Kaduna state discharged after recovering from the illness. The child was one of the 20 COVID-19 cases recorded within the state on May 15.
Kaduna state Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Mohammed Baloni made the announcement on Saturday May 30, and in addition disclosed that the state has recorded 232 cases of Coronavirus and have discharged 149 patients. 7 deaths recorded in the state.
Baloni disclosed that a lot of the cases both have a history of interstate travel or are contacts of infected individuals. Added that the number of Coronavirus cases in the state anticipated to rise on account of increased testing.
The statement reads partly; “The state tested almost 2000 samples, however case numbers are likely to rise further as more tests are conducted in more places.
“Covid-19 cases recorded in 33 wards in 9 local government areas of the state: Chikun, Giwa, Igabi, Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Makarfi, Sabon-Gari, Soba and Zaria. The data shows that 80% of the infected persons are male.
“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.
“Kaduna state has taken delivery of a mobile testing truck a few days ago, while it awaits the delivery of equipment that would enable the mobile truck and 12 GeneXpert machines spread across several general hospitals to increase the number of testing labs in the state.”
“Addition of the mobile testing vehicle and testing labs in local government areas will enable the state to ascertain with greater accuracy its Covid-19 status and allow that data to inform further decision on reopening the state.”
The statement noted that the testing laboratory in Yusuf Dantsoho Hospital is awaiting Nigerian Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) validation.
The North West State at the moment ranks 11th on the list of 35 states and the federal capital territory where the virus has been confirmed.
Discharged COVID19 patients in Niger state have spoken about their time at the state’s Isolation center.
In an interview with The Nation, the patients discharged as we speak, May 24, claimed that every one through their stay at the isolation center, no drug administered to them in the form of treatment.
