No fewer than nine COVID - 19 patients
have been confirmed dead in Lagos State .
The state Commissioner for Health ,
Professor Akin Abayomi , in a statement
on his Twitter on Monday, said the latest
casualties brought the total number of
deaths from coronavirus to 59 in the state .

“ COVID - 19 Lagos update as of 31 st of May,
2020 : 188 new COVID - 19 infection
confirmed in Lagos .
“ A total number of confirmed COVID- 19
cases in Lagos is now 4 ,959 .
“ COVID - 19 related deaths were recorded,
bringing total COVID- 19 related deaths in
Lagos to 59 ,” he wrote .
The state Ministry of Health , in another
tweet, said Abayomi , received a delegation
from the Presidential Task Force on
COVID- 19 at his office in Ikeja.

He was said to have highlighted some of
the challenges facing the state in the fight
against the virus.
Abayomi told the team that Lagos would
soon move to home/ community based
care of mild or moderate coronavirus
cases.

The leader of the delegation , Dr Faisai
Shuaib , who is the Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer of the National
Primary Health Care Development
Agency, commended the efforts of the
state response team .

He noted that Lagos had continued to
show exemplary leadership in the war
against COVID- 19 and assured that the
Federal Government would support the
state in its drive to contain the disease .