COVID-19: Lagos Records 4 new Deaths, Discharges 22 more Patients
Four more patients died from coronavirus infection in Lagos State, the state Ministry of Health has announced.
The ministry on its Twitter handle on Saturday said the state has recorded four deaths from COVID-19.
The details of the deceased patients and accounts of how they died were not disclosed.
Giving COVID-19 update in Lagos for May 1, the ministry said 30 new cases were confirmed, increasing confirmed cases to 1,022 in the state.
“30 new cases of #COVID19 Infection confirmed, total confirmed cases in Lagos now 1,022. 26 #COVID19 Lagos patients were discharged. Total Discharged now 225.
“Unfortunately, 4 #COVID19 deaths were recorded. This brings total number of #COVID19 related deaths in Lagos to 25,” the ministry wrote.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its May 1st update announced 2170 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, while 351 patients have recovered from the infection, 68 patients have died as a result.
Lagos State is the state with the highest confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, followed by Kano state with 311 cases and Abuja with 214 confirmed cases.
However, the government on Saturday also announced the discharge of 22 more COVID-19 who have recovered from the infection.
The state Ministry of Health, via its official Twitter handle, @LSMOH, said 247 patients have now been discharged from the isolation centres in the state
It tweeted, “22 more COVID-19 Lagos patients; eight females and 14 males, all Nigerians were today discharged from our isolation facilities at Yaba, @LUTHofficial and Lekki to reunite with the society.
“The patients; 19 from @LUTHofficial, two from IDH, Yaba and one from our isolation centre at Lekki have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively to COVID-19.
“With this, number of patients successfully managed and discharged in Lagos is now 247.” it said.
As of Saturday, Lagos has 1,022 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 754 active cases, 247 discharged cases, two evacuated cases, 16 transferred cases and 25 deaths.
