The Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof . Akin Abayomi , confirmed that Lagos had recorded six new novel coronavirus 19 cases , said another coronavirus patient had been evacuated from the state.
He tweeted , “ We lost a COVID - 19 patient – a 36-year- old Nigerian male who died in a private facility on the 4 th of April, 2020. (The ) total number of # COVID - 19 patients who have died are now two.
“ A case was evacuated bringing total evacuated to two. “ Six new cases of COVID - 19 confirmed , bringing total confirmed cases to 115 . A COVID - 19 patient was discharged on the 4th of April, 2020. The number of COVID - 19 patients , who have fully recovered and discharged is now 24.”
Abayomi ’s confirmation came a few hours after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday announced that the country had recorded one more death and two discharges.
