2,683 Active COVID-19 Cases Yet To Come For Treatment – Lagos Health Commissioner Akin Abayomi
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has said 2683 persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state are yet to turn up for admission in the different care centres in the state.
According to him, this is either due to ignorance, fear of stigmatization or the choice of home care method.
Abayomi stated this while giving an update on the COVID-19 cases in Lagos state, which has remained the epicenter of the pandemic in Nigeria since the first case was recorded in February 2020.
In his breakdown, Abayomi said the state has so far witnessed 128 deaths from COVID-19.
His tweet reads;
#COVID19Lagos Update as at 27th of June, 2020
📢4,891 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Lagos State between June 2 and June 27, 2020 bringing total of confirmed cases in the State to 10,042.
📢Out of the confirmed cases, 1,533 patients have since been discharged pic.twitter.com/jAtKrGLqNO
— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) June 29, 2020
The Commissioner in a follow up tweet stated that;
5, 226 of the cases monitored in communities by COVID-19 Lagos response team have either fully recovered or responded positively to treatments at home.
from #COVID19Lagos care centres following full recovery.
📢5, 226 of the cases monitored in communities by #COVID19Lagos response team have either fully recovered or responded positively to treatments at home.
— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) June 29, 2020
He added that 454 of the cases are currently under isolation in public and private care centres across Lagos state.
📢454 of the cases are currently under isolation in public and private care centres across Lagos.
📢However, 2,683 active cases in the communities are yet to turn up for admission in care centres either due to ignorance / fear of stigmatisation or preference for home care.
— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) June 29, 2020
According to Prof. Abayomi;
As at 27th of June, 2020 numbers of COVID-19 related deaths in Lagos State have risen to 128.
16 COVID-19 patients have been transferred to other states while 2 patients evacuated outside Nigeria.
📢As at 27th of June, 2020 numbers of #COVID19 related deaths in Lagos State have risen to 128.
📢16 #COVID19 patients have been transferred to other states while 2 patients evacuated outside Nigeria.
— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) June 29, 2020
He urged Lagos residents to take responsibility in the fight to stop community spread of COVID-19.
I urge all Lagos residents to #TakeResponsibility in the fight to stop community spread of #COVID19
Let’s stop further spread of #COVID19 #ForAGreaterLagos!
— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) June 29, 2020
As at June 28, Nigeria recorded a total of 24,567 confirmed cases, 9007 successfully managed cases and 565 casualties.
