The Delta State Government has announced the confirmation of two new cases of COVID-19.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Asaba.
He said the new cases bring the total confirmed cases in the state to six, with one death and five active cases.
Dr. Ononye said the two new cases, a male and a female, recorded at Uvwie and Udu local government areas, were being treated at the Isolation Centres in the state.
The commissioner further disclosed that the patients were doing well and urged Deltans with symptoms of the COVID-19 like fever, malaria, catarrh, cough, chest pain, difficulty in breathing and loss of appetite to report to the nearest government hospital for medical evaluation and possible testing.
He said eleven persons had been quarantined in the holding centres, while 140 contacts were being monitored across the state.
Dr. Ononye thanked Deltans for their continued support for the lockdown and urged them to remain obedient to government’s stay-at-home directive,
The Commissioner also called on the people to ensure regular hand washing and respiratory hygiene, social and physical distancing at all times.
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