Delta State ranked 8th position as Nigeria recorded 828 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday which was new year eve.
The new cases according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday morning, via its website bring the total infections to 242,341 in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The health agency said one death was recorded to increase the death toll to 3,031 in the country.
The 828 new cases which were reported in 16 states and the FCT are as follows: Lagos (550), Oyo (87), FCT (69), Kwara (31), Akwa Ibom (22), Bauchi (19), Ekiti (16), Delta (11), Kaduna (10), Ogun (3), Anambra (3), Plateau (2), Bayelsa (2), Nasarawa (1), Katsina (1), and Jigawa (1).
