By our reporter| Kano state on Wednesday recorded five new coronavirus cases.
The state ministry of health confirmed the five new positive COVID-19 cases vis its official Twitter handle.
This brings the total number of cases in the state to nine.
The tweet read, ”Wednesday, 15th April 2020. As at 10:25 am, 5 additional cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in @KanostateNg .”
The state government had on Tuesday announced a total lockdown in the state effective, Thursday, April 16, 2020.
The state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje made the announcement shortly after confirming the fourth case of COVID-19 in the state.
According to the governor, the lockdown will last for a week and within that period, all markets, mosques, churches are to remain closed.
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