Kaduna State has discharged one more patient out of the six COVID-19 active cases.
Commissioner of Health in the state, Dr. Amina Balon, announced this in a statement on Wednesday.
According to her, the latest discharge brings to five the number of patients discharged since April 14.
The Commissioner also confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 in the state, bringing the total number of patients in Kaduna State to four.
The three new cases in Kaduna were earlier announced Monday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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Balon said that among the three new cases is a 23- year- old male with a travel history.
He reportedly came into the state from Istanbul via Dubai sometime in March.
The second patient, she explained is 51-year old male who was tested in Samaru, Sabon-Gari local government area, after coming in from Kano while the third case, a 42-year- old male from Unguwan Geza, Kaduna, had earlier travelled to Kano.
‘’These new cases reflect the danger that interstate travels pose to efforts to contain COVID-19,’’ the Commissioner noted, warning that ‘’such travels spread the virus from place to place, complicate contact tracing and risk implanting the virus in communities.’’
“The lockdown which mandates ‘people to stay at home is based on the logic that during a pandemic, the less contact there is with others, the safer everyone is.’’
