23rd August, 2021
At least 135 Lagosians have been killed by COVID-19 in Lagos since the third wave of the pandemic began few weeks ago.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Monday while giving up on COVID-19 situation in Lagos State at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos.
The governor also disclosed that over 1,000 travellers from the Red-listed COVID-19 countries who came into Lagos have absconded from observing the mandatory seven-day isolation before mingling with the public.
Red-listed countries are India, South Africa, Brazil and Turkey. These countries are where the Delta variant of COVID-19 is mostly pronounced.
He said the test positivity rate, which measures how many tests are returning positive, out of every 100 tests conducted, currently stood at 12.1%; compared to 1.1% at the end of June 2021, and 7% at end of July 2021.
“As at the 21st of August 2021, Lagos State had recorded a total of 70,563 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of this number, 60,716 have recovered in-community, and 4,387 are currently being managed actively in-community.
“Over the course of managing the COVID-19 pandemic, about 5,551 patients have been admitted into our various COVID-19 care centres in Lagos, with 506 registered fatalities. Of these deaths, 135 have sadly, happened in this current third wave,” he stated.