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A six-year-old girl, who is the daughter of the coronavirus index case in Kazaure Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has tested positive for the disease.
The state Commissioner for Health and Chairman of the Task Force on COVID-19 in Jigawa State, Dr Abba Zakari, in Dutse made the disclosure on Wednesday.
Zakari said: “the girl’s father is the index case in Kazaure and was confirmed to be Coronavirus positive upon his arrival to Kazaure from Enugu State.”
He said she was the only one who tested positive for the disease, out of the 18 samples collected for testing in the LGA.
Jigawa State has 39 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with one death recorded, according to the last COVID-19 figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.
