THE Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Delta State.
According to a tweet from the NCDC on Saturday night, number of COVID-19 cases in the state is now 1,768, with 117 cases on admission, 1,603 discharged and 48 deaths.
NCDC said, “On the 5th of September, 2020, 162 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
“Till date, 54,905 cases have been confirmed, 42,922 cases have been discharged and 1,054 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
“The 162 new cases are reported from 15 states- Lagos (53), Gombe (21), Oyo (19), Delta (12), Ondo (11), Plateau (10), Ebonyi (9), FCT (6), Kwara (6), Kaduna (5), Rivers (3), Ogun (2), Anambra (2), Imo (2), Ekiti (1)
“A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.”
The world has recorded 27,043,355 cases, 882,988 deaths and 19,146,630 recoveries from the coronavirus virus pandemic.
