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Lagos confirms death of 3 COVID-19 patients
Lagos State government on Thursday confirmed the death of another three coronavirus patients in the state.
The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle, said the three patients died of COVID-19-related complications.
Abayomi said the dead patients were males and aged 51, 52 and 62.
He said one of the deceased was a medical doctor that had contact with an infected person who recently returned to the country.
The commissioner, who, did not state details of the two other patients, simply said: “other victims have no travel history or record of contact with any infected person”.
According to Abayomi, the state now has 10 COVID-19 related deaths.
The commissioner said the state had confirmed 18 new cases of COVID-19 infection on April 15, bringing the total number of cases in Lagos to 235.
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“The cheering news, however, is that 16 fully recovered #COVID-19 patients have been discharged following the further screening that confirmed their status negative consecutively.
“The total number of discharged #COVID19 patients in Lagos stands at 85,” he said.
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