The Lagos State Government has confirmed four new cases of coronavirus in the State, bringing total cases in Lagos to eleven and the case in Ekiti State makes twelve confirmed cases in Nigeria.
This was disclosed on Thursday afternoon by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a press briefing in Lagos.
The four newly confirmed cases brings the total cases in Nigeria to 12 — eleven in Lagos and one in Ekiti State. However, the Index case – Italian man– has tested negative and has been discharged.
Speaking about the new cases, Prof. Abayomi said: “Yesterday (Wednesday), we performed 19 tests on suspected cases and contacts of the new cases that were admitted on Tuesday. Out of those 19 tests, we have four new positives.
“The first new positive is a contact of the third case that came from the UK, she tested positive and will be admitted shortly. We have a new case, a female Nigerian, returning from France via Istanbul on Turkish Airlines TK 1830 on March 14.
“We have a third case – Nigerian male, in his 50s. He has never travelled anywhere and he presented symptoms, he was referred to us, we went to retrieve samples and it tested positive. He has since been admitted into our facility.
“The fourth case is a Nigerian male, he arrived on March 13 from Frankfurt via Lufthansa Flight no LH568. We are currently running more tests on suspected cases and contacts of our confirmed cases. It is clear that we have a combination of imported cases and local transmission.”
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