Forty-two persons died from COVID-19 related complications in Lagos State between August. 1 and 8
With the latest toll, Lagos State which is the epicentre of the virus, has recorded 426.fatalities since the index case was reported in February last year.
This disclosure yesterday by state’s Health Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, came barely 48 hours after the Federal Government expressed worry over the rising COVID-19 cases especially in Lagos and Akwa Ibom states.
Abayomi, who gave the state’s COVID-19 update for August 8.via his Facebook account @Prof Akinola Abayomi, added that 219 new cases were positive out of 2,368 tests conducted. “The new infections increased the state’s total COVID-19 infections to 66,241,” he added.
The commissioner also disclosed that 3,897 persons with active COVID-19 cases are currently receiving treatment under the state’s home-based care while 152 patients are being treated in the state’s isolation centres.
According to him, 57, 282 out of the infected persons had so far recovered in various communities while 4,481 recovered in the isolation facilities.
The Nation gathered yesterday from a top official of the Health ministry that 45 percent of the state’s isolation facilities is currently occupied by infected persons.
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The official added that the government would not hesitate to open other centres if the cases do not drop.
In Ogun, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, said that 85 new COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in the state.
Fifty-five of the cases were recorded in Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area; 14 in Abeokuta South council; seven in Ikenne; five in Sagamu; three in; Ijebu-Ode and one in Yewa South,
Coker said in a statement yesterday that the government was doing its best to curtail the third wave of the pandemic..
She said: “The significant rise in cases is due to the increased testing and surveillance being carried out across the state. The public should, therefore, not panic.
“We urge residents to adhere strictly to non-pharmacological interventions by ensuring the wearing of face masks properly, regular hand washing, maintaining physical distancing, avoiding large gathering, as well as coughing into the elbow.”
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