Five new COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded in Lagos state, odunews.com reports.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated this in its daily COVID-19 situation report on Tuesday.
According to NCDC, seven COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours in three states with Lagos having five, while Kano and Katsina recorded one death each.
The centre disclosed that Lagos also recorded 128 new COVID-19 infections, increasing its total number of confirmed cases to 5,895.
Lagos state remains the epiccentre of the disease in the country with 5,895 confirmed cases recorded in the state.