The Chairman, Bauchi State Contact Tracing Committee on COVID-19, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, says 17 inmates of the correctional facility in the state has tested positive to COVID-19.
Mohammed, who disclosed this to newsmen in Bauchi on Saturday, added that 51 medical officers had also tested positive for coronavirus in the state.
The chairman, however, lamented that one of the medical personnel lost his life to the virus in the line of duty. He disclosed that an isolation centre had been established in the correctional facility to ensure that no inmate escape.
“We have 51 medical personnel, who have been infected so far in the state and out of this figure, one lost his life in the line of duty.
“Also, we currently have 17 inmates who have been confirmed positive for COVID-19. “We created an isolation centre in the facility because we don’t want the inmates to escape.
“Fourteen of them are currently on treatment in the isolation centre inside the facility,’’ Mohammed said.
Mohammad, however, advised health workers in the state to be very vigilant and ensure that they properly make use of their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at all times.
He said that the state government was conducting an active community search, taking samples from members of the communities for testing.
“We are engaged in massive community search, trying to take samples of members of the communities,’’ he said.
It was learned that Bauchi state had so far recorded 402 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 230 had been discharged, 11 deaths and 161 patients on admission.
