The death toll arising from coronavirus (COVID-19) complications rose to 19 yesterday in Katsina state. With the new laboratory confirmed cases and 364 a day before, the state now has total of 371 patients with the disease. The state recorded its index case more than two months ago, after a private medical practioner, Dr Aliyu Yakubu tested positive to the virus. Samples were taken from his remains and it returned positive some days later; his wife and two children, including several other contact cases, tested positive also. Most of them were however discharged several days later after being quarantined at the isolation centre at the Federal Medical Centre, Katsina.

Source: The Guardian June 02, 2020 09:40 UTC