Bauchi confirms two more COVID-19 deaths

The Bauchi State government on Friday confirmed that two more COVID-19 patients had died in the state.

The state’s Health Ministry, which disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the development brought the number of fatalities in the state to seven.

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The ministry added that two more patients had been discharged after they tested negative for the virus twice.

It said: “Only 22 patients remain in the hospital’s admission as of 28th May 2020, with 234 total infected persons in the state where the entire case fatality rate stands at 3.0%.”

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