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Taraba govt confirms 2 more cases of COVID-19

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Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, Monday evening confirmed two more COVID-19 cases in the state.

The latest confirmation takes the total number of cases in the state to eight.

The governor had earlier on Monday confirmed six index COVID-19 cases in the state.

The Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Bala Dan-Abu in Jalingo, disclosed this in a statement in Jalingo.

He said: “Governor Ishaku wishes to announce the confirmation of two more cases of coronavirus infection in the state.

“The two are the latest confirmed by the National Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) to have tested positive after a laboratory investigation.

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“They are from among the people already being quarantined at the NYSC Orientation Camp, near Jalingo.”

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