COVID-19: Kano govt disagrees with NCDC, says no new case of the virus was recorded in the state on Thursday

The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has explained that there was no new confirmed case of COVID-19 infection in the state on Thursday as stated by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, (NCDC).

This was revealed in a statement on Twitter late on Thursday by Salihu Tanko Yakasai, the media aide to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, who said that the confirmed cases mentioned by NCDC were those from Wednesday’s report.

According to Yakassai, the total number of cases in Kano still stands at 21 as no new case was confirmed on Thursday.

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He wrote on Twitter; “It’s worthy to mention that the five cases reported for Kano on Thursday are part of the 21 total confirmed cases as of yesterday.

“The NCDC omitted it in their updates on Wednesday. As of today; no new case in Kano. May it stay that way.”

Recall that the NCDC had on Thursday announced 5 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Kano, bringing it’s total figure for that state to 26.

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