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Two and three new coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in Kaduna and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT respectively.
Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai confirmed the deaths of the two COVID-19 patients in his state in a Twitter post on Sunday morning.
El-Rufai tweeted: ”KADUNA UPDATE: Two more persons have tested positive, a male from Igabi and a female from Chikun. Two fatalities have also been recorded: a senior citizen from Makarfi and a lady from Zaria. Kaduna State now has 87 active Covid-19 cases and three fatalities.”
Similarly, the FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello disclosed, via Twitter, that three more persons died from the disease.
He wrote: ”Dear FCT residents, I am happy to announce the successful treatment & discharge of additional 39 #COVID19 patients in the FCT after their subsequent tests returned negative. Total number of discharged is now 85. Sadly, we recorded 3 more deaths & 7 new cases as at May 9, 2020.”
Out of the 4151 cases of #COVID19 confirmed in Nigeria by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Kaduna accounts for 98 while the FCT, 343; the third highest in the country.
