SAN FRANCISCO, May 06, (THEWILL) – Dozens of people have died in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State, a neighbouring state to Kano.
The victims reportedly died within four days between May 1 and May 5 of high fever, diabetes and high blood pressure, but health officials said these could only be underlying factors and asked authorities to extend the high profile investigation and intervention currently ongoing in Kano State to Jigawa to stem the tide.
THEWILL recalls that Kano State had also recorded hundreds of deaths especially of the elderly in the last few days and after denials and counterclaims, officials at the state and federal government swung into action.
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The presidential task force sent to Kano to unravel the mystery had said coronavirus could be one of the factors responsible for the high number of deaths.
As of Tuesday, May 5, Jigawa State had 39 confirmed COVID- 19 cases while Kano had 397.
Hadejia is about 177 kilometres from Kano and located in the eastern part of Jigawa State, sharing boundaries with Kirikasamma Local Government from the east, Mallam Madori Local Government from the north and Auyo Local Government from the west.
