THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 3 new cases of COVID-19 in Delta State.
NCDC made this known via its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov on Wednesday night, said the state has recorded 1,752 cases, out of which 109 are still active, 1,595 discharged and 48 deaths.
It stated that Nigeria recorded 216 new cases of COVID-19, as confirmed cases are now 54,463.
“On the 2nd of September 2020, 216 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
“Till date, 54,463 cases have been confirmed, 42,439 cases have been discharged and 1,027 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
“The 216 new cases are reported from 16 states- Plateau (59), Rivers (27), Abia (22), Lagos (20), Oyo (18), Enugu (17), Kaduna (11), FCT (11), Ogun (10), Ebonyi (4), Osun (4), Ekiti (4), Delta (3), Edo (3), Akwa Ibom (2), Bauchi (1)
“A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.”
All over the world, 26,177,603 cases have been confirmed, 867,347 deaths and 18,442,307 recoveries.