The Lagos State Government said a 36-year-old man died of coronavirus in the state on Saturday.
The announcement was made by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, via his Twitter handle on Sunday.
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Abayomi explained that the deceased, who is the second casualty of the pandemic, died at a private hospital which he didn’t name.
The tweet: “We lost a COVID-19 patient – a 36-year-old Nigerian male who died in a private facility on the 4th of April, 2020. (The) total number of #COVID-19 patients who have died are now two. A case was evacuated bringing total evacuated to two. Six new cases of #COVID-19 confirmed, bringing total confirmed cases to 115. A #COVID-19 patient was discharged on the 4th of April, 2020. The number of #COVID-19 patients, who have fully recovered and discharged is now 24.”
Recall that the first to die of the virus was a man aged 55 who died two days back at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba.
