Plateau records first coronavirus case

Plateau State has recorded its first case of COVID-19.

Official sources say the case is a woman identified as Hauwa Yakubu, 20, who escaped from Kano during the elapsing lockdown and was arrested by COVID-19 taskforce.

Her test result with Lab number NVRI-COV-137 and Epistemology Number NIE-PLS-JJN-20-004 came out positive on Thursday shortly after the State Governor, Simon Lalong addressed the State, announcing a resumption of the lockdown in four days.