Lagos records five new COVID-19 deaths

At least five more people have died of the deadly coronavirus in Lagos state, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday.

This brings the total number of fatalities in the state to at least 72 deaths.

The NCDC made the disclosure in its 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.

Lagos State remains the epicentre of Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases with 5,895 cases of the total 12, 801 cases.

NAN