The Commissioner for Health,bLagos State, Prof.
Akin Abayomi, says bed capacity utilisation in the state’s public and private COVID-19 care centres has dropped.
The commissioner disclosed this through his Instagram account @profakinabayomi on Wednesday, while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for February.
“Abayomi further stressed that, average case positivity now stands at 9.
0 per cent, and the fatality rate stands at 0.
71 per cent.
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He then said that the state recorded seven new COVID-19 infections on the reported date, February 21, increasing its confirmed cases to 98,977.
The commissioner said that “1,087,835 COVID-19 sample tests had been conducted in the state, with 80 per cent done by private laboratories, while 20 per cent was conducted by public laboratories.
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The World Health Organisation Africa Region, also said that, over 11.
1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported in Africa, with more than 10.
4 million recoveries and 247,000 deaths cumulatively.
PHW
COVID-19: Bed occupancy in Lagos care centres drops — Commissioner