Two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Delta State,
according to the commissioner for Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye.
The Delta State Government has announced that the state has recorded two
new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The Commissioner in a statement today Wednesday April 22,
2020 in Asabasaid that the new cases have
brought the total confirmed cases in the state to six, with one death and five
active cases.
Ononye said that the active cases were being treated at the
Isolation Centres in the state.
He stated that the two new cases, one female and one male,
were recorded at Uvwie and Udu Local Government Areas of the state.
The commissioner further disclosed that all the patients were
doing very 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 stressed that "all the patients of the active cases
are in stable condition and are receiving treatment from our team of medical
professionals at our isolation centres across the state.
"We have 11 persons quarantined in our holding centres,
while 140 contacts are being monitored across the state.
"There is ongoing active case search in the local
government areas and we urge persons with symptoms of Respiratory Tract Infection
like fever, nasal catarrh, cough, chest pain, difficulty in breathing/
tightness in the chest or loss of appetite to report to any nearest government
hospital for medical evaluation."
He thanked Deltans for their continued support for the
lockdown and urged them to remain obedient to government stay-at-home directive,
Ononye also called on them to ensure regular hand washing and
respiratory hygiene and maintaining of social and Physical distancing at all
times.
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