COVID-19: Respite as Delta records massive drop in COVID-19 infections ~ Truth Reporters

04 August 2020   |   8:13 pm

Respite has come the way of Delta State, as the state's active cases dropped to 90 on Monday.

In the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Delta recorded 10 new cases bringing the total confirmed cases to 1520 while succesfully treated and discharged patients stood at 1,387 and 43 fatalities have so far been recorded on account of the pandemic.

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

The state ranks 7th among the most impacted states in Nigeria ranking behind Lagos, FCT, Oyo, Edo, Rivers and Kano states. The state has so far carried out tests on 6,823 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 460 36 415 9
2. Warri South 191 7 181 3
3. Uvwie 180 9 162 9
4. Oshimili North 136 11 123 2
5. Ughelli North 134 4 128 2
6. Sapele 112 1 105 6
7. Ethiope West 64 5 59 0
8. Udu 54 2 51 1
9. Okpe 41 2 39 0
10. Ika South 29 5 23 1
11. Ika North East 23 0 21 2
12. Ndokwa West 20 1 17 2
13. Ethiope East 16 0 13 3
14. Aniocha South 13 1 12 0
15. Bomadi 13 0 13 0
16. Isoko South 10 3 7 0
17. Ughelli South 9 2 6 1
18. Ukwuani 7 0 5 2
19. Aniocha North 3 0 3 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 1520
Total Active Cases 90
Total discharged 1387
Total deaths 43