The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed this on his Twitter page on Wednesday.
Abayomi said the State now has 438 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
He tweeted, “59 new #COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 21, 2020.
“Total number of confirmed #COVID-19 cases in Lagos now stands at 438.
“5 of the cases previously reported in Lagos State have been transferred to Ogun State.”
“Total #COVID-19 cases transferred out of Lagos are now 8.
“The cheering news is that 9 more fully recovered #COVID-19 Lagos patients; 5 females and 4 males including a foreign national; polish have been discharged after testing negative to further #COVID-19 screening.”
Meanwhile, NCDC on Tuesday confirmed that Nigeria recorded 117 new cases of Coronavirus in the country.
NCDC said it recorded 59 in Lagos, 14 in Kano, 29 in FCT, 6 in Borno, 4 in Katsina, 31 in Ogun, 1 in Bauchi and 1 in Rivers.
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