Director General of Kano State Government Media and Communications, Salihu Tanko Yakasai has come out to countered the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) after it announced five new cases of COVID-19 case in the state.

The National Disease Control Body on Thursday April 16, announced that the record of Covid-19 patient in the state rose to 21.

The Director General noted disclosed this counter claim via twitter saying that there were no new confirmation in the State. His tweet read

”Its worthy to mention that the 5 cases reported for Kano here are part of the 21 total confirmed cases as of yday (yesterday). The NCDC omitted it in their updates yday (yesterday). As of today, no new case in Kano. May it stay that way”.

States are the ones making the official announcement 1st before NCDC makes the national update. Earlier today Lagos gave an update too, that’s how its done. The most important thing is to make sure the numbers tally through coordination