No fewer than 222 people have been confirmed dead in Lagos, Osun, Ondo and Edo States as a result of COVID-19 related complications, Checkout Magazine learnt.
This is amid a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic mostly characterised by the deadlier strain of the virus known as Delta variant.
One hundred and thirty-five of the 222 fatalities were recorded in Lagos, 70 in Ondo, 13 in Osun and four in Edo.
The three states and others like Oyo, Edo, Ebonyi and Zamfara are expected to begin the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination from tomorrow.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had on its website on Monday said the country logged 187,023 total confirmed COVID-19 infections as of August 22. It added that 388 new cases were recorded in one day(July 22). Lagos had 166 of the cases recorded on Sunday. It was followed by. Akwa Ibom with 89; Rivers, 76 and Oyo State 15.
Giving updates on his government’s efforts to contain the virus, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu lamented that 506 deaths had so far been recorded in the state.
He said: “As a government, we have taken substantial steps to arrest this third wave in its tracks, the most notable of them is the increased monitoring and enforcement embarked upon by members of the incident command structure.
“As at August 21, Lagos had recorded 70,563 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of this number, 60,716 have recovered in-community and 4,387 are currently being managed actively in-community.
“About 5,551 patients have been admitted into our various COVID-19 care centres, with 506 registered fatalities, 135 of which happened in this current third wave.’’
