Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for Health in Lagos State has said that 13 new COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in the state within 24 hours.
Prof Abayomi who disclosed this via his Twitter account on Friday, 15 January, 2021 said it was the highest daily fatality since the pandemic broke out in the state.
According to him, the newly confirmed deaths increased the number of COVID-19 fatalities in the state to 262.
Abayomi added that the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state since the inception of the pandemic stood at 246,534.
According to him, 3,139 coronavirus patients, who have been successfully treated and recovered, were discharged from the state’s care centres.
“Total number of recovery from the virus in communities – 25, 767.“Cases currently under isolation – 192, active cases under home-based care are 7,924,” he said.
