The Kano State Government has set up nine COVID-19 sample collection centres to enhance detection and response to the pandemic, an official has said.
Mr Hussaini said eight of the centres were set up in the Kano metropolis while one other was established in Rano Local Government Area (LGA).
The coordinator added that the state government had trained health workers on Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC), to protect them against contracting the disease.
On the number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19, Hussaini said that most of the cases were recorded in the Kano metropolis while 31 LGAs recorded at least one case of the virus.
NAN reports that the Kano State Ministry of Health confirmed 923 COVID-19 cases and 751 active cases.
