Sokoto State has discharged 22 out of the 75 active cases of COVID-19 at the state’s isolation centres in Amanawa on Tuesday.

This is according to the State Commissioner for health, Ali Inname.

The Sokoto State Government has discharged 22 out of the 75 active cases of COVID-19 at the state’s isolation centres in Amanawa after they tested negative for the deadly virus, Mr. Ali Inname, state commissioner for health, announced today.

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So far, Nigeria’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 4,641 as 242 new infections were announced Monday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The country recorded an additional 10 deaths, NCDC reported.

The agency in a late evening tweet said the new cases were reported from 14 states. These are Lagos, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Ogun, Gombe, Adamawa, FCT, Ondo, Oyo, Rivers, Zamfara, Borno and Bauchi States.

The number of infections in the country has been increasing at a rapid rate