JUST IN:Katsina Records First COVID- 19 Death

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Tuesday announced the death of the state’s first COVID-19 patient.

The governor said the deceased,  Dr Aliyu Yakubu, a Daura-based private medical practitioner, recently returned from Lagos to the state.

He said the result from the laboratory tests showed that Dr Aliyu Yakubu was COVID -19 positive which contributed to his death

The governor said he was also said to be suffering from Hypertitis and threats of hypertension.

He said the 60-year-old died at the Nigeria Air Force Reference Hospital, Daura three days ago.

Aminu Masari said the deceased owner of a private hospital in Daura and visited his home state, Kogi, from where he travelled to Lagos some weeks ago.

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‘’After returning to the state, the deceased fell sick and was admitted at the hospital, where he died three days ago,’’ said Masari

“We have received bad news about COVID-19. The deceased samples showed COVID-19 positive.’’

Masari noted that the state medical response team was in Daura taking samples of all those that had contact with the man before his death.