Lagos govt treating 9,631 COVID-19 patients at home
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says there are 9,631 active COVID-19 cases being managed under the state’s Home Based Care.
Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi. [Twitter/@akinabayomi]
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![From left: Permanent Secretary, Basic & Secondary Education, Abayomi Abolaji; Commissioner for Basic Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun and Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso during the Lagos State Government 2024 Ministerial Press Briefing by the Ministry of Basic Education in Lagos on Thursday [NAN]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "From left: Permanent Secretary, Basic & Secondary Education, Abayomi Abolaji; Commissioner for Basic Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun and Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso during the Lagos State Government 2024 Ministerial Press Briefing by the Ministry of Basic Education in Lagos on Thursday [NAN]")
The commissioner said that there are currently 205 patients under isolation at the state’s COVID-19 care centres.
Abayomi said that 1,412 tests were conducted on the reported date, out of which, 227 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed in the state.
The new infections increased the state’s total COVID-19 infections to 49,493.
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He added that the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state since inception of the pandemic now stand at 303,308.
Abayomi said that 3,440 COVID-19 patients who have been successfully treated and recovered were discharged from the state’s care centres.
He added that 35,909 COVID-19 recoveries were recorded in various communities in the state.
The commissioner, however, disclosed that the state recorded another three COVID-19 related fatalities, increasing the COVID-19 deaths in the state to 308.
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