COVID-19: Delta flattening the curve, discharges 620, new cases drops to 6 ~ Truth Reporters

16 July 2020   |   5:20 pm

Delta State has began flattening the curve as the state recorded only 6 new cases of the Coronavirus infections bringing the total confirmed cases to 1398.

The State also has successfully treated and discharged 620 patients with 743 cases as active.

The State Ministry of Health confirmed the figures in their latest report.

Delta still ranks 6th among the most impacted states in Nigeria ranking behind Lagos, FCT, Oyo, Edo and Rivers. The state has so far carried out tests on 4,980 persons and has so far achieved 99 percent contact tracing success rate.

The state also lost 35 patients on account of the pandemic.

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


1. Oshimili South 411 275 130 6
2. Warri South 184 71 111 2
3. Uvwie 165 76 82 7
4. Ughelli North 128 64 62 2
5. Oshimili North 118 69 47 2
6. Sapele 115 43 67 5
7. Ethiope West 60 18 42 0
8. Udu 50 27 22 1
9. Okpe 37 21 16 0
10. Ika South 24 20 3 1
11. Ika North East 23 17 5 1
12. Ndokwa West 18 9 7 2
13. Bomadi 13 11 2 0
14. Ethiope East 15 8 5 2
15. Aniocha South 12 7 5 0
16. Isoko South 7 3 4 0
17. Ukwuani 6 0 3 3
18. Ughelli South 6 2 3 1
19. Aniocha North 2 1 1 0
20. Isoko North 2 0 2 0
21. Burutu 1 1 0 0
22. Ndokwa East 1 0 1 0


Total Confirmed Cases 1398
Total Active Cases 743
Total discharged 620
Total deaths 35