Panic As Lagos State Records 5 More COVID-19 Deaths

The Epi-centre for the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, Lagos state has recorded 5 more COVID19 deaths.

Lagos state has recorded five more COVID-19 related deaths increasing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 72.

This was disclosed in the NCDC COVID-19 Situation Report for June 8. According to NCDC, seven COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours in three states with Lagos having five while Kano and Katsina recorded one death each.

The centre disclosed that Lagos also recorded 128 new COVID-19 infections, increasing its total number of confirmed cases to 5,895.

The state, however, did not record new recoveries on the reported day, thus the number of discharged patients recorded for the state still remains 944.