Lagos records 42 COVID deaths in one week as infections surge

At least 42 persons have died from COVID-19 related complications in Lagos state in one week. 

The data is contained in the daily update given by Akin Abayomi, the state commissioner for health.

Lagos is one of six states and the federal capital territory (FCT) placed on red alert by the presidential steering committee (PSC) on COVID-19 amid the third wave of the pandemic.

In the daily update for August 8, Abayomi said eight deaths were recorded on the reported date, bringing the number of the state’s fatalities to 426.

According to the commissioner, 2,368 tests were conducted on the reported date, out of which 219 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed, bringing the state’s total tally to 66,241.

He said 3,897 persons with active COVID-19 cases are currently receiving treatment under the state’s home-based care while 152 patients are receiving treatment in the state’s COVID-19 isolation centres.

Abayomi further said 57, 282 out of the infected persons had so far recovered in various communities, while 4,481 recovered in the state’s COVID-19 isolation centres.

The state government had earlier said it was creating more isolation centres to address rising cases of COVID-19 in the state.