The number of those to have been infected with COVID-19 in Lagos since the inception of the pandemic has been pegged at 76,201.

The State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, disclosed this Saturday via his Facebook account @ProfAkinolaAbayomi. 

Giving an update on the state’s COVID-19 status for September 20 and 21, Mr Abayomi said that 4,644 tests were conducted in the state on the reported dates, from which 218 infections were confirmed for both days.

He said the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state since inception of the pandemic was 737,141.

The commissioner said that 5,029 COVID-19 patients, who had been successfully treated, had also been discharged from the state’s care centres.

“The total number of COVID-19 recoveries in communities is 68, 549, while cases currently under isolation stand at 202.

“Active cases in communities under home-based care are 1,784,’’ he said.

The commissioner disclosed that the state recorded another six COVID-19 related fatalities, increasing the number of COVID-19 deaths in the state to 637.

Earlier, he had said that vaccination exercise against COVID-19 was still ongoing in the state, while commending all healthcare workers working to get residents to get vaccinated.

Mr Abayomi restated the state’s commitment to run a smooth COVID-19 vaccination process and improve on its vaccination delivery strategy.

(NAN)