47 health workers test positive for COVID-19 in Kano

Yusuf Bello| The Kano state government on Sunday said 47 health workers in the state have tested positive for COVID-19.

Tijjani Husaain, coordinator of the state’s task force on COVID-19, who made the disclosure at a press conference in Kano, said over 1,000 frontline health workers in the state are undergoing special training on handling the disease.

According to him, the infected health workers contracted the disease the previous week, adding that the virus transmission has reduced among health workers following “prompt actions” of the state government.

Husaain also disclosed that the state has recorded 576 confirmed cases of the disease, out of which 32 patients have been discharged, while 21 fatalities have been recorded.

He said, “Out of the total number of confirmed cases in Kano State, we recorded 21 deaths.”

“On Saturday; we also recorded 84 new suspected cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of the suspected cases to 1,820 in the state.

“Between Saturday and Sunday, 29 of the 84 samples collected were confirmed positive to the virus. So far we have collected 2,072 samples in the state.”