{"id":23922,"date":"2020-04-15T15:46:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23922"},"modified":"2020-04-15T15:46:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:46:50","slug":"kano-confirms-five-new-cases-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-confirms-five-new-cases-of-coronavirus","title":{"rendered":"Kano confirms five new cases of Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Kano State Government has confirmed five new cases of Coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19 in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Abdullahi Ganduje\u2019s Media Aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, confirmed this on his Twitter handle on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The number of confirmed Coronavirus patients in Kano State has now risen to nine.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201dThe Kano State Ministry of Health, KNSMOH, has announced 5 new additional COVID-19 cases in the State. Making it a total of 9 confirmed positive cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d The 5 new cases were all traced to the index case on Wednesday, 15th April, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAs at 10:25 am, 5 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Tuesday confirmed 19 new cases of Coronavirus across the country.<\/p>\n<p>An additional 11 cases were later confirmed in Lagos, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 373, while 99 have been discharged with 11 deaths recorded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Kano State Government has confirmed five new cases of Coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19 in the state. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje\u2019s Media Aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, confirmed this on his Twitter handle on Wednesday. The number of confirmed Coronavirus patients in Kano State has now risen to nine. 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