Concern rises as mysterious death in Kano hits 180

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Concern rises as mysterious death in Kano hits 180

Panic continues to rise as the mysterious death in Kano hits 180 newsmen report.

According to reports, health workers say 180 persons have been buried within the space of four days.

The development comes at a time when the state recorded 59 COVID-19 cases, the third highest in the country.

One of the sources at the Murtala Muhammad Specialists Hospital Kano said most of the deaths resulted from hypertension, anaemia, diabetics, malaria and typhoid.

Another source also attributed some of the deaths to ulcers “as a result of hunger and poverty which requires urgent attention from the government and wealthy individuals.”

There has been panic in the state since the deaths went on the increase after the state recorded its first case of COVID-19.

Areas where deaths have been reported include; Zage, Kano Municipal, Tarauni, Gwale, Kurna, Dala, Chiromawa, Zango, Kofar Mata, Fagge, Kumbotso, and some local government areas outside the metropolitan like Bichi, Kunchi, Wudil, Gwarzo, and Shanono.

Adamu Umar, a cemetery guard at farm centre who described the situation as really scary, said he buried over 17 people. He said this is unusual since he began working there in the last four years.

On Tuesday, about 10 people were also said to have been buried at Dandolo.

Tijjani Hussaini, the state’s executive secretary of the primary healthcare board, said they were yet to ascertain the cause of the said deaths, but that the situation had “sent residents panicking.”

“The investigation is prompted by reports that more deaths have been recorded in the past seven days. We want to know the number of persons already dead. We also want to investigate how they died,” he said.