Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has said coronavirus cases in the state may spike up to 120,000 between July and August.
He made the projection at a press conference on Friday, saying with the current trend of increased cases, Lagos is expected to reach its peak between that period.
The commissioner said the projection is based on the state government’s model.
Prof. Abayomi revealed;
Just a month ago, on April 7 we saw 10 cases per day, two weeks later it was 32, then 70 cases.
We are now seeing above 100 cases per day. This shows our graph is moving in a gentle incline upwards.
He explained that;
We definitely have not reached the peak of our outbreak, we suspect that the peak will happen sometime in July or August and so we are preparing for the oncoming, we are increasing our capacity and strategies to deal with this situation.
Prof. Abayomi also revealed that a coronavirus treatment clinical trial using hydro-chloroquine is likely to start soon in the state.
As at May 7th, the state had a total of 1,491 cases, a figure which Prof. Abayomi said could have been up to 6,000 if not for the strategies implemented by the government.
He also revealed that the increase in the number of positive cases is gradually spreading across all local government areas in the state.
