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Bauchi State has announced the discharge of forty coronavirus patients in the state.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Bauchi on Friday, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro disclosed that the forty COVID-19 patients were discharged after they tested negative for the virus following the series of treatments and medications administered on them.
Maigoro said: “We have so far discharged 40 people who have recovered from the novel Coronavirus in the state.
“Initially, we discharged 31, but when another result came in yesterday night from Jos, Plateau State, we got an additional nine who came out negative.
“These bring the total number of recovered and discharged patients to 40. This is the situation report for now.”
He further remarked that the turnaround time for COVID-19 test result had improved in the state and assured residents that the health workers would continue to put in their best to ensure more recoveries from the virus.
“We are getting results every day and they are coming in very fast now,” he said.
“We are doing our best to ensure that more people recover from this disease, but we can only pray to God to crown our efforts.
“I want to appeal to our people to remain calm and observe all the preventive measures as advised by government and medical experts.”
