The number of residents undergoing home-based treatment for Covid-19 in Lagos, has now risen to 8,043.
This was disclosed by the state’s Health Commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi, on Friday.
Abayomi, in an update on the infection, said on Twitter that there are currently 193 cases under isolation at the state’s COVID-19 care centres.
Abayomi also said that 2,263 tests were conducted on the reported date, out of which, 542 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed in the state.
The new infections increased the state’s total COVID-19 infections to 37,826.
He added that the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state since inception of the pandemic now stand at 248,794.
Abayomi said that 3,151 COVID-19 patients who have been successfully treated and recovered were discharged from the state’s care centres.
