The Kebbi State Government on Saturday announced the death of a COVID-19 patient who was said to have earlier absconded from the hospital after his samples were taken to be tested for coronavirus.<\/p>\n
The deceased was said to be a 60-year-old man known to be diabetic and hypertensive.<\/p>\n
The state governor\u2019s Special Adviser on Media, Yahaya Sarki, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists.<\/p>\n
Sarki quoted the state Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Jaafaru Mohammed, as making the disclosure while giving a situation report on the pandemic in the state.<\/p>\n
The deceased was the second case of the virus in the state.<\/p>\n
The statement quoted the commissioner as saying, \u201cThe second case (of COVID-19 in the state) was a patient from the Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kebbi. He was a 60-year-old man, a known diabetic and hypertensive patient.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was brought to the centre from the Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, by his relatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter reviewing the case by a consultant, COVID-19 was suspected and our Rapid Response Team swung into action.\u201d<\/p>\n
The commissioner was further quoted as saying that the deceased\u2019s samples were taken for test on April 25 while he absconded before he could be taken to the isolation centre.<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cThe corpse was taken to UDUTH mortuary, contrary to the earlier claim that it was taken to Benue State for burial.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn April 29, 2020, the result of his test turned out to be positive and the contacts tracing team swung into action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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