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NCDC, Delta Govt Disagrees on COVID-19 Cases in the State

Afnews Editor

May 31, 2020

Tochukwu Eluwa-Delta

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There is variation in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Delta State going by figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Delta State Government on the 30th of May 2020.

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The Delta State Government had confirmed 17 new cases of COVID-19 via it"s verified twitter handle bringing the tally to 74 while NCDC confirmed 23 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday 30, 2020.

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According to the NCDC, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Delta state are 80, while the state government record chart is showing 74 confirmed cases.According to the the record of state government which differs from that of the NCDC , there are 51 active cases in Delta with 16 discharged and seven deaths.

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However at the time of filing this report effort to get authorities of the Delta COVID -19 team to explain this discrepancy proved abortive .

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