Coronavirus: Bauchi cases rise to three

Bauchi State has confirmed another coronavirus case, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the state to three.

The Deputy Governor, Baba Tela, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press conference on the updates of coronavirus pandemic at the Bayara Isolation Centre.

He said the third case is a 55-year-old man who had contact with one of the earlier two positive cases.

The PUNCH had reported that the governor, Bala Mohammed, was confirmed positive on March 24.

The second case was a 62-year-old friend of the Governor who had close contact with him. Punch