Governor Nasir el-Rufai has revealed how Kaduna state recorded two more deaths from Covid-19 pandemic.
He said the latest fatalities are a senior citizen from Makarfi and a lady from Zaria.
In a tweet from his verified official twitter handle, the governor also said that two more persons have tested positive, bringing the active Covid-19 cases in the state to 87.
According to the tweet which was released, Saturday night, the two new cases are a male from Igabi and a female from Chikun local government areas.
Kaduna state recorded its first reported fatality on May 2, when the victim, a retired civil servant who concealed his travel history to Kano, died before the result of his test came out.
The government recently raised alarm that majority of Covid-19 cases in the state have travel history and that such illegal inter-state travel is widening the spread of the virus in the state.
A statement issued from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House said that the illegal travel increased the danger of community transmission as infections have now being recorded in some mainly rural local governments on the borders of the state.
The statement signed by Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, had said that the Standing Committee on Covid-19 appealed for the vigilance and active involvement of all citizens in the effort to avert this peril.
Adekeye noted that positive Covid-19 test results have been recorded from seven local government areas – Giwa, Igabi, Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Makarfi, Soba and Zaria.
Chikun has just joined the list.
