Kano state government has confirmed and provided a littke details on the index case of Covid-19 in the state.

However before the NCDC announced the Kano case, Mr Ganduje addressed journalists where he provided information on the patient.

“A 75-year-old retiree and a former ambassador who travelled to Kaduna, Abuja and Lagos and came back to Kano on 25th March. He was not feeling fine for the last few days and voluntarily invited our medical team, who took 10 samples.

“After the sample was returned, it (was) found out that he is positive while the other nine (samples) were negative. It is confirmed today that we have a positive case of COVID-19 in Kano. He has no history of travelling abroad in the last six weeks. Also, his medical report shows that he has a heart problem which aggravated his case,” he said.

Mr Ganduje said the patient is currently at Kwanar Dawaki isolation centre receiving medical attention.

“What we are doing now is tracing all his contacts. Samples were also taken from some of those who had contacts with him,” he said as reported by Premium Times.

The samples taken, according to the governor, were taken to the just commissioned Kano testing centre, at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.

Mr Ganduje ordered the immediate closure of the private hospital where the patient first visited when he was ill.