The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced five COVID-19 related deaths for Lagos State, increasing the state’s coronavirus death toll to 72.
NCDC stated this on Tuesday 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 remains at 944.
Lagos State remains the epicenter of Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases with 5,895 cases of the total 12, 801 cases.
