COVID-19: Delta records 18 new cases, total now 1689 ~ Truth Reporters

 

21 August 2020   |   1:23 am

Delta State has recorded 18 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total infections in the state to 1689 while active cases rose to 146 on Thursday.

According to figures from the State Ministry of Health, 45 patients were discharged within the period, bringing the total number of patients succesfully treated and discharged to 1497 while 46 fatalities have so far been recorded on account of the pandemic.

Delta remains 9th among the most impacted states in Nigeria ranking behind Lagos, FCT, Oyo, Edo, Plateau, Rivers, Kaduna and Kano states. The state has so far carried out tests on 7,877 persons and has so far achieved 99 percent contact tracing success rate.

See breakdown below according to Confirmed cases, active cases, discharged cases and deaths per local government area.


1. Oshimili South 484 22 454 8
2. Uvwie 207 21 176 10
3. Warri South 202 6 192 4
4. Oshimili North 167 32 133 2
5. Ughelli North 138 1 135 2
6. Sapele 117 1 110 6
7. Ethiope West 80 16 63 1
8. Udu 67 13 53 1
9. Ika South 44 15 28 1
10. Okpe 43 2 41 0
11. Ika North East 25 2 21 2
12. Ndokwa West 20 0 18 2
13. Aniocha South 19 4 15 0
14. Ethiope East 18 2 13 3
15. Bomadi 13 0 13 0
16. Ughelli South 11 2 8 1
17. Isoko South 11 1 10 0
18. Ukwuani 11 4 5 2
19. Aniocha North 6 1 4 1
20. Isoko North 2 0 2 0
21. Ndokwa East 2 1 1 0
22. Burutu 1 0 1 0
23. Patani 1 0 1 0


Total Confirmed Cases 1689
Total Active Cases 146
Total discharged 1497
Total deaths 46