Kano State State has announced the first positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) case on Saturday evening.
According to a senior state government official who spoke to The Nation newspaper, the patient is a retired technocrat, who returned from Lagos.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje is reported to be in a crucial meeting with health officials to inform the public officially.
The said COVID-19 patient traveled from Lagos to Abuja and finally landed in Kano.
He was diagnosed at the reactivated COVID-19 laboratory test centre at the Amimu Kano Teaching Hospital where he tested positive.
He is said to have moved to the isolation centre in Kwanar Dawaki, Kano
The source further said investigation is on for contact tracing.
