Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 13,106 COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been discharged in Lagos.
This was disclosed by the NCDC on Tuesday in its COVID-19 Situation Report for Aug. 3.
According to the health agency, this figure includes the number of recovered patients from the Lagos State home-based treatment of COVID-19.
“The recovery figure includes patients who were successfully treated and discharged from the state’s treatment centres, and those managed at their homes in various communities by the state”.
“Abuja has overtaken Lagos with the highest number of active COVID-19 cases in the country”.
NCDC further shows that Abuja has 2,767 active cases, while Lagos and Oyo States have 2,057 and 1,347 cases respectively.
The NCDC added that Lagos accounted for 88 new COVID-19 infections out of the 288 cases reported from 15 states on Aug. 3.
“That brings the state’s total number of infections to 15,355,” NCDC said.
