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Lagos Records Four COVID-19-Related Deaths

  • … there are currently 1,045 active COVID-19 cases in communities being managed under Home Based Care.

Lagos State has recorded four COVID-19 related deaths between July 14 and July 17 2021.

Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made the disclosure on his Facebook page, saying that the deaths increased the state’s COVID-19 related mortality to 363.

But he did not give additional information about the deceased’s sex or age.

Professor Abayomi also stated that there are currently 1,045 active COVID-19 cases in communities being managed under Home Based Care.

Read also: COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 203 New Cases, One Death

According to him, 5,455 tests were conducted on the reported dates, out of which 205 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed.

“The new infections increased the state’s total COVID-19 infections to 61,026,” Abayomi said.

He further said that 55, 617 of the infected people had recovered in communities, while 3,943 had recovered in the state’s COVID-19 isolation centres.

He added that the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state since inception of the pandemic stood at 578,079.

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