Gombe State Taskforce on COVID-19 has raised alarm over community transmission of coronavirus in the state.
Prof. Idris Mohammed, the Chairman of the taskforce, made this known on Tuesday while giving updates on COVID-19 situation in the state.
He lamented that 63 out of 609 samples taken in the last four days have returned positive.
He disclosed that out of the confirmed cases, five were members of the state House of Assembly, three, members of the state Executive Council, and one, a Special Adviser to the Governor.
According to him, the increase in positive cases may not be unconnected with the massive test undertaken after the death of a Director in the Government House, Gombe, NAN reports.
The chairman further said that the taskforce would have community monitors to liaise with communities across the state to ensure proper contact tracing and testing.
Mohammed said that so far, 58 pupils of Islamic education (Almajirai) were quarantined at Government Technical College, Amada.
