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Six coronavirus patients have been confirmed discharged in Kaduna State.
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Amina Mohammed Baloni who made the confirmation on Saturday, said the six patients who were receiving treatment at the state’s isolation facility tested negative twice consecutively for the disease.
Baloni stated: “The index case, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, was discharged on April, 22, 2020, after two consecutive negative test results. Five cases were earlier discharged in the one week, starting from 14 April 2020.”
Expressing regret about the state recording another case of the virus, the Health Commissioner disclosed that as of Saturday afternoon, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Kaduna were four.
She also stated that the testing capacity in Kaduna was improving, adding that the state has a laboratory accredited by NCDC to conduct COVID-19 tests.
‘’Two other labs, one in Kaduna and the other in Zaria, are undergoing NCDC verification and are expected to secure test accreditation shortly.” She said.
