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COVID-19: Delta govt confirms 50 new cases, discharges 17
The Delta State government has confirmed that the state recorded 50 new cases of COVID-19 patients.
It also announced that 17 more patients, who tested positive after treatment, had been discharged.
This was contained in a tweet the state government posted on its Twitter handle, @DSGovernment, on Thursday, June 18.
Read also: COVID-19: Delta confirms 13 fresh cases, one more death
The tweet read, “DeltaState COVID19 Update: 50 new confirmed cases and 17 patients discharged.
Delta State as at Thursday night has recorded a total of 367 COVID-19 cases. Of that number, 96 had been discharged and 17 dead.
The state currently has 255 active cases of the dreaded pandemic.
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