{"id":138248,"date":"2020-04-23T14:23:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/?p=138248"},"modified":"2020-04-23T14:23:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:23:44","slug":"just-in-lagos-records-two-new-covid-19-related-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/just-in-lagos-records-two-new-covid-19-related-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Just-In: Lagos Records Two New COVID-19 Related Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Lagos state government has announced two more COVID-19 related deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in the state, Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner of health, says 74 cases were recorded in the state on Wednesday, bringing the total confirmed infections to 512.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commissioner said the deaths recorded so far are now 18 while 107 patients have been discharged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCOVID-19 update as at 22nd of April, 2020: 74 new #COVID19 cases confirmed in Lagos on the 22nd of April, 2020, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases in Lagos rises to 512. Lagos recorded 2 more #COVID19 related deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTotal #COVID19Lagos deaths are now 18.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19LAGOS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19LAGOS<\/a> update  as at 22nd of April, 2020<br>*\ufe0f\u20e374 new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> cases confirmed in Lagos on the 22nd of April, 2020<br>*\ufe0f\u20e3Total number of confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> cases in Lagos rises to 512<br>*\ufe0f\u20e3Lagos recorded 2 more <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> related deaths.<br>*\ufe0f\u20e3Total <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19Lagos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19Lagos<\/a> deaths are now 18. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kozBMsfJDE\">pic.twitter.com\/kozBMsfJDE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfAkinAbayomi\/status\/1253279215958491136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Abayomi asked residents to embrace the use of a face mask to reduce the spread of the disease within communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUsing facemask to reduce COVID-19 infection is, therefore, a responsibility we all must embrace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s #MaskUpLagos to stop further spread of #COVID19 infection!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStay safe #ForAGreaterLagos. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides Lagos, seven other states and the federal capital territory (FCT) also recorded new cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other states include Katsina with five cases;  four in Ogun; two each in Delta and Edo, and one each in Kwara, Oyo, FCT and Adamawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria now has a total of 873 COVID-19 cases spread across 25 states and the FCT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty-eight deaths have been recorded and 197 patients have recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/mallam-abba-kyari-was-the-elder-brother-i-didnt-have-sam-nda-lsaiah-publisherleadership-newspaper\/\">MALLAM ABBA KYARI WAS THE ELDER BROTHER I DIDN\u2019T HAVE-SAM NDA-ISAIAH<\/a>, PUBLISHER, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/mallam-abba-kyari-was-the-elder-brother-i-didnt-have-sam-nda-lsaiah-publisherleadership-newspaper\/\">LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPER.<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos state government has announced two more COVID-19 related deaths. Giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in the state, Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner of health, says 74 cases&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":136540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19494,19840,211,4630],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/update1.jpg?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":138145,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/just-in-lagos-records-another-covid-19-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":138248,"position":0},"title":"Just-In: Lagos Records Another COVID-19 Death","author":"Damilare Salami","date":"April 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Lagos state has recorded fresh COVID-19 related deaths. Lagos Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, announced this in a Tweet on Tuesday. He stated that although the state had no fresh cases as at 20th of April, there were related deaths from coronavirus. 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Commissioner for Health in the state, Akin Abayomi, made this known of his verified Twitter page. He said the deceased were two males and a female aged 52, 63 and 67 respectively. 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A breakdown of the new cases showed that 11 were in Lagos, three in the federal capital territory, three in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"COVID-19, Coronavirus, NCDC, Nigeria,","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/covid-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/covid-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/covid-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/covid-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/covid-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":138652,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/breaking-lagos-loses-another-patient-to-covid-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":138248,"position":4},"title":"BREAKING: Lagos Loses Another Patient To COVID-19","author":"Damilare Salami","date":"April 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Lagos State has recorded another death from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to the virus to 20. The state\u2019s Ministry of Health disclosed this via Twitter on Thursday. \u202ait said, \u201c87 new cases of #COVID19 infection confirmed. 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