LAGOS — The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a statement yesterday said a COVID-19 patient in the state had delivered a baby boy through a cesarean session. The patient was said to have delivered at the Gbagada isolated center on Saturday. He said that this is a pointer that the state’s strategy in combating the virus was working and yielding desire results. He added that “both mother and baby are doing well.” Sanwo-Olu...

LAGOS — The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced the recovery and discharge of 67 COVID-19 patients, including two Indians and a Chinese national. The ministry, through its verified Twitter handle, on Saturday said the patients –  22 females and 45 males – were discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. “Twenty-four are from Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba;  22 from Onikan, 11 from Agidingbi, two from Lekki and eight from Lagos University Teaching Hospital...

ENUGU — The Enugu State Ministry of Health says two of the 10 COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment in the state have now tested negative. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, said in a statement issued on Sunday that they were being assessed for discharge from the isolation and treatment centre where they had been receiving treatment. Obi explained that the two cases were the three-year-old and 13-year old contacts of the third case...

COVID-19 cases in Oyo State have gone up to 107 with 31 new cases now confirmed, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Gov. Seyi Makinde confirmed the additional 31 cases in a statement issued in Ibadan on Saturday night. NAN reports that the new cases were the highest in the state. ” Thirty of these are members of staff of an organisation based in Ibadan South West Local Government Area. “The remaining one case...