Six Coronavirus patients receiving treatment in Kaduna state have been discharged on Saturday.
Amina Mohammed-Baloni, Commissioner for Health in the state, confirmed the development in a statement, posted on Kaduna state’s official Twitter page.
She said;
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.
Kaduna State has confirmed one new case of Covid-19. There are now four active cases in the state. The new case is a close contact of one of the three new cases announced earlier in the week. Kaduna has so far discharged six patients, including Malam Nasir @elrufai pic.twitter.com/Olekhyx99B
— Governor Kaduna (@GovKaduna) April 25, 2020
The commissioner, however, expressed regrets that the state has recorded a new case of the disease, saying as at Saturday afternoon, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Kaduna were four.
Mohammed-Baloni stressed that contact tracing is ongoing to identify persons the new case has interacted with, so that they can be monitored and tested if they meet case definition.
The Commissioner noted that Governor el Rufai has acknowledged the sterling efforts of Kaduna medical professionals.
Mohammed-Baloni also added that the testing capacity in Kaduna is improving, adding that the state has a laboratory accredited by NCDC to conduct Covid-19 tests.
She further stated;
Two other labs, one in Kaduna and the other in Zaria, are undergoing NCDC verification and are expected to secure test accreditation shortly. As at Friday, 24 April 2020, Kaduna State has tested 133 persons tested, out which 10 have tested positive.
