By Tochukwu Eluwa- Delta
The Delta State Commissioner of Health ,Dr Mordi Ononye, on Friday, confirmed that a two-month-old baby was among the 116 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state. Ononye, who made this known at a news conference in Asaba, said that pediatricians were taking care of the child and expressed optimism that the baby would get better and be discharged.
He said that the state currently had 116 confirmed cases of the pandemic, with 31 discharged and 77 active cases.”We have recorded eight deaths which is about seven per cent fatality rate and have conducted 850 tests and have received 7, 708 calls on our hotlines.”We have investigated 850 suspects and at present, 13 health workers have been infected.
“No one should doubt that COVID-19 is real; there are confirmed cases in 13 local government areas of the state and 66 per cent of those affected are males while 34 per cent are females, with bed occupancy rate of 48 per cent,” Ononye said.
He affirmed the commitment of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration to curbing the spread of the virus in the state and appealed to the media to assist in creating more awareness of the pandemic.The Health Boss disclosed that a lot of the patients still at the Isolation Centres were waiting to be discharged as they had been tested two times and found negative after treatment.
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