Lagos COVID-19 Cases Top 10,000

The confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded in Lagos state have exceeded 10,000 after 194 new infections were reported in the state on Sunday.

The state has also recorded 126 deaths from the disease and 1,592 persons have so far been discharged.

Announcing the new recoveries on Sunday, the state Health Ministry tweeted, “Today, 93 fully recovered COVID19 patients; 16 females and 77 males including 11 foreign nationals were discharged from our Isolation facilities to reunite with the society.

“The patients; 11 from Agidingbi, 22 from Gbagada, 36 from Lekki, 8 from Eti-Osa (LandMark), 9 from Onikan and 7 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged after full recovery and testing negative to COVID19.”

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control on Sunday announced that the country’s COVID-19 cases have increased to 24,567 on Sunday after 490 infections were recorded.

The announcement reads: “On the 28th of June 2020, 490 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“Till date, 24567 cases have been confirmed, 9007 cases have been discharged and 565 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 490 new cases are reported from 20 states- Lagos (118), Delta (84), Ebonyi (68), FCT (56), Plateau (39), Edo (29), Katsina (21), Imo (13), Ondo (12), Adamawa (11), Osun (8), Ogun (8), Rivers (6), Kano (5), Enugu (3), Bauchi (3), Akwa Ibom (3), Kogi (1), Oyo (1), Bayelsa (1)”