Lagos State Health Commissioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi has raised an alarm over the local transmission of Coronavirus increasing in the State.
The Lagos State Commissioner who disclosed this during a press briefing on Monday, April 6, said 82 percent of the total COVID-19 cases were imported into the country as at week 4.
However, in week 5, it was gathered that 45 percent of new Coronavirus patients had no travel history – an indication that local transmission was on the increase.
He said;
“At the end of week 4, 82% of the patients imported the disease from abroad while 18% had no travel history.
“By the end of week 5, 45% of the patients have no travel history. This shows that the importation is decreasing and local transmission is increasing.”
Prof. Abayomi also disclosed that Lagos now has 120 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, out of which 29 have been discharged.
He added that;
“There have been 120 confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Lagos. 87 of the cases are still active, 29 have been discharged, 2 have been evacuated and we have had 2 fatalities.
“The death that occurred at LUTH, all concerned have been put under isolation and will be observed for 14 days.”
He further stated that 93 percent of the cases are Nigerians while seven percent are foreign nationals.
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