The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced in its daily update that one new case was recorded in the state on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.
However, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Saka Haruna, announced in a Facebook post on Thursday, June 4 that the patient is unknown to the state authorities.
“We are not aware of who the patient is, where and when the test was conducted. No sample sent from KG (Kogi Government),” he said.
Kogi had similarly rejected the first two coronavirus cases which were announced as belonging to the state last week.
The cases were tested at the National Hospital in Abuja, after the patients were moved from Lokoja, Kogi’s capital, after showing COVID-19 symptoms.
Nigeria has recorded 11,166 coronavirus cases in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
While 3,329 people have recovered and been discharged, 315 people have died.
