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Delta records major breakthrough in war against COVID-19, discharges 1,299 patients ~ Truth Reporters







25 July 2020   |   12:00 pm

Delta State has so far discharged a total of 1299 patients successfully treated from COVID-19 with total confirmed cases standing at 1456

The State active cases also dropped significantly to 117 from 695 just as 3 new cases were recorded yesterday.

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

This is the first time the state recorded more discharged persons than active cases signalling the fact that the State is already flattening the curve.

The state now ranks 6th among the most impacted states in Nigeria ranking behind Lagos, FCT, Oyo, Edo and Rivers states. The state has so far carried out tests on 6,132 persons and has so far achieved 99 percent contact tracing success rate.

The state also lost 40 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 437 45 384 8
2. Warri South 186 13 171 2
3. Uvwie 173 9 156 8
4. Ughelli North 130 4 124 2
5. Oshimili North 125 9 114 2
6. Sapele 111 9 96 6
*7. Ethiope West 62 6 56 0
8. Udu 53 3 49 1
9. Okpe 39 2 37 0
10. Ika South 25 6 18 1
11. Ika North East 23 1 20 2
12. Ndokwa West 20 2 16 2
13. Bomadi 13 0 13 0
14. Ethiope East 16 3 10 3
15. Aniocha South 13 1 12 0
16. Isoko South 8 1 7 0
17. Ukwuani 7 0 5 2
18. Ughelli South 7 1 5 1
19. Aniocha North 3 1 2 0
20. Isoko North 2 0 2 0
21. Burutu 1 0 1 0
22. Ndokwa East 1 0 1 0
23. Patani 1 1 0 0


Total Confirmed Cases 1456
Total Active Cases 117
Total discharged 1299
Total deaths 40

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