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Lagos Records Two New COVID-19 Deaths
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi in a Tweet on Tuesday morning disclosed that the state records two death of COVID-19.
9jatoday reported earlier that Lagos State had a zero record of new cases of Coronavirus following the announcement of thirty-eight new cases of the novel COVID-19 disease by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night.
However, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi in a Tweet on Tuesday morning disclosed that the state records two death of COVID-19 patients on Monday.
See the announcement below:
#COVID19Lagos Update
☑️No new case of #COVID19 was confirmed in Lagos on 20th April, 2020.
☑️However, #COVID19 related deaths were recorded in Lagos. One of the deceased was a 45 years old Nigerian🇳🇬; male who returned from India in January, 2020.@jidesanwoolu @NCDCgov pic.twitter.com/qGL9aalxDw
— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) April 21, 2020
Meanwhile, the COVID-19: Cross River Begins Payment of N30,000 To Youths to beneficiaries of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO) as a way to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on poor residents, 9jatoday report.
