The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos is now 1, 242.
Commissioner for Health in the state, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Wednesday via his verified Twitter handle.
He said 43 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed in Lagos on May 5.
“The total number of confirmed COVID19 cases in Lagos is now 1, 242,” he tweeted.
Abayomi also disclosed that 60 COVID-19 patients, 20 females and 40 males, who were treated at the state’s isolation facilities, have fully recovered and discharged.
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“This brings the total number of #COVID19 discharged patients in Lagos to 321,” he said.
The commissioner warned that the easing of lockdown was not easing of physical distancing.
He reminded residents of the curfew in place in the state saying they must be at home between 8p.m and 6 a.m.
He warned that it was a punishable offence to be out during the curfew.
Abayomi advised residents to continue to maintain hand hygiene, physical distancing and clean environment, to reduce the spread of COVID-19.