…Recorded 13, 346 Positive cases
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has revealed that, as at Saturday, a total of 54, 570 samples had been tested for the novel Coronavirus in the city.
Abayomi also revealed, via his Twitter account, that from the samples, 13, 346 returned positive.
According to him, 2,069 of the confirmed cases have since been discharged from COVID-19 Care Centres following full recovery.
He said, “8,781 of the confirmed cases monitored in communities by COVID-19 Lagos Response Team have either fully recovered or positively responding to treatments.”
The commissioner said that 164 of the cases were currently under isolation in public and private Care Centres.
He, however, noted that 2,141 active cases in communities have yet to turn up for admission in COVID-19 Lagos Care centres.
“One additional COVID-19 related death was recorded bringing the total #COVID-19 related deaths in Lagos to 191,” he said