Sokoto State has, on Sunday, recorded two new cases of coronavirus according to the official Twitter handle of the state ministry of health. The two new cases confirmed on Sunday has now taken the total number of active case in the state to four cases. A total number of 1,225 from the total samples were returned negative while another 70 samples result are still pending. Tribune Online recalled that the state has not recorded any positive case of COVID-19 in the last few weeks until on Saturday when the first case of two was discovered. Inname, who is also the state chairman on tasks force against covid-19 described the ‪community surveillance as a key for the prompt identification, isolation and treatment of #COVID19 cases, to slow the spread of the virus‬.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 24, 2020 12:56 UTC