DELTA PICKS 7TH CASE OF COVID – 19, AS NCDC CONFIRMS 195 NEW CASES

Delta state has recorded another case of the coronavirus.

The case, a male, is one of the 195 confirmed in the country on Tuesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC).

The patient tested positive in Udu local government area, but has been moved to the Warri Central Hospital for isolation and treatment.

4 deaths were also recorded.

Till date, the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria is 1,532, 255 have been discharged, while the death toll is 44 in 33 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The  new cases are from fifteen states- Lagos (80), Kano (38), Bauchi (15), Ogun (15), Borno (11), Gombe (10), Sokoto (9), Jigawa (5), Edo (5), Zamfara (2), FCT (1), Enugu (1), Rivers (1), Delta (1), Nasarawa (1)

Lagos is still in the lead with 844 cases, FCT 158, Kano 115, Borno 53, Ogun 50, among others.

The high figure of confirmations is coming barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari relaxed the 28 day lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the FCT, as well as in other parts of the country, as a measure to control the spread of the virus.

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, also eased the lockdown to enable some economic activities and government functions take place,