Lagos State has confirmed three new deaths from coronavirus-related complications, bringing the total to 10.
Lagos Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this statement via his Twitter handle on Thursday.
He said, “Unfortunately, Lagos recorded three additional deaths from #COVID-19 related complications. The deceased are males aged 51, 52 and 62.
“One of the dead; a medical doctor had contact with an infected person who recently returned to the country .
“Other victims have no travel history or record of contact with any infected person. Total #COVID-19 related deaths are now 10. I hereby urge Lagosians to remain vigilant and report any concern about #COVID-19 infection in our communities .”
Meanwhile, a medical doctor, Emeka Chugbo, was announced dead at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Wednesday.
He was said to have died after contracting the virus from a patient he was treating at his private facility.
However, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control as of 11:20 pm on Wednesday said Nigeria had recorded 12 fatalities from the coronavirus.
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