The Lagos State Government has announced the recovery and discharge of 33 new COVID-19 patients, increasing the number of recoveries in the state to 502. The state Ministry of Health, through its verified Twitter handle on Monday, said the patients were nine females and 24 males, all Nigerians. It said that 17 of the patients Read More…
One third of new COVID19 infections announced late Sunday night by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) came from Lagos even as it may seem that there has been a constant drop in testing. While so far, 25,951 persons have been tested nationwide, according to NCDC situation reports, only 938 tests were recorded on Read More…
The Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH) has announced the discharge of 21 patients. According to an LSMOH tweet on Sunday evening, the number is made up of four females and 17 males – all Nigerians. They were discharged from the Isolation facilities at Onikan, Eti-Osa (LandMark), First Cardiology Hospital and LUTH. Three of the Read More…
With an increase by 55% Lagos figure of 97 new COVID19 cases is still steeply high. In a tweet by the NCDC on Saturday, the total number of new COVID19 cases nationwide was reported as 239. the breakdown is as follows: 97-Lagos 44-Bauchi 29-Kano 19-Katsina 17-Borno 7-FCT 6-Kwara 5-Oyo 3-Kaduna 3-Sokoto 2-Adamawa 2-Kebbi 2-Plateau 2-Ogun Read More…
It is now clear that Lagos may no longer announce sub-100 COVID19 new daily cases as it posted 176 on Friday night. This fact is reinforced by the Lagos Government’s earlier prediction of 120,000 confirmed cases by July. According to a tweet by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 396 new COVID19 cases were Read More…
With increasing figures of people who tested positive to the Federal Government says Nigeria is approaching a difficult era in response to the novel coronavirus disease outbreak. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, gave the explanation at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) daily briefing on COVID19 on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria Read More…
The Lagos State Government on Friday announced the recovery and discharge of 42 Coronavirus patients who tested negative twice to the disease. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated in a statement that those who had recovered and discharged in Lagos were now 448. ”Good people of Lagos, 42 more persons; 22 males and 20 females, all Nigerians, Read More…
The Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state may record between 90,000 and 120,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) by July. Abayomi, who made this known during a media briefing on COVID-19 update on Friday in Lagos, said it was estimated that the state would reach its peak period by Read More…
As part of measures to further curb the spread of COVID-19, the Alimosho General Hospital, Lagos on Friday inaugurated a 5-man COVID-19 response team to monitor activities in the facility. The Medical Director, Dr Madewa Adebajo, said during the inauguration that the purpose of the team was to establish a functional monitoring group that would Read More…
As Lagos ramps up its testing for COVID19 coronavirus transmissions, 183 new cases on Thursday have been reported. The record high figure is part of the 381 total new cases reported nationwide. The breakdown of the figures as reported at the NCDC Twitter handle @NCDCgov is as follows: 183-Lagos 55-Kano 44-Jigawa 19-Zamfara 19-Bauchi 11-Katsina 9-Borno Read More…