THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the discharge of 1, 440 cases of COVID-19 in Delta State.
According to NCDC on its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov on Friday, 329 new cases were recorded in the country, out of which Delta got 13.
It stated that 44 deaths were recorded in the oil-rich state while 155 persons were still on admission.
As at Friday, Nigeria had 48,445 with Delta having 1,639.
“On the 14th of August, 2020, 329 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 48,445 cases have been confirmed, 35 998 cases have been discharged and 973 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
“The 329 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos(113), Kaduna(49), FCT(33), Plateau(24), Kano(16), Edo(15), Ogun(14), Delta(13), Osun(10), Oyo(8), Ekiti(6) Bayelsa(6), Akwa Ibom(5), Borno(4), Enugu(4), Ebonyi(3), Rivers(2), Bauchi(1), Nasarawa(1), Gombe(1) and Niger(1).
“A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities,” NCDC said.
