The Kano State Government has on Wednesday via its Twitter handle disclosed that 32 health workers in various hospitals across the state have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Although the government didn’t categorically reveal that the 32 cases were all health workers, the Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association in the state, Sanusi Bala, confirmed this to newsmen.
The new confirmed cases bring the total number of cases recorded in the state to 39. Three have, however, recovered and been discharged while eight persons have died.
On the 5th of May 2020, 148 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
Till date, 2950 cases have been confirmed, 481 cases have been discharged, and 98 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The 148 new cases are reported from 17 states- Lagos(43), Kano(32), Katsina(9), FCT(10), Zamfara(14), Taraba(7), Borno(7), Ogun(6), Oyo(5), Bauchi(3), Edo(3), Kaduna(3), Adamawa(2), Gombe(2), Plateau(1), Sokoto(1), Kebbi(1).
According to the latest figures published by Johns Hopkins University, 3,630,942 cases have been detected worldwide, with 254,592 deaths and 1,184,625 people now recovered.
