The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has revealed that bed possession in the state’s public and private COVID-19 care centres has decreased. He added that the reduction rate decreased radically from 60 percent to eight percent.
Mr. Abayomi made this clear through his verified Twitter account on Thursday while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for March 15.
The commissioner disclosed five out of the 11 private and public care centres in the state are presently vacant. “Landmark, Agidigbi, FCC, Lagoon and Onikan Isolation centres have been closed,” he added.
He disclosed further that since the beginning of February, centres have been experiencing reduction in bed occupancy. He said that 520 free bed spaces were available from the total 554 bed capacity in the 11 care centres.
Mr Abayomi added that the state recorded 47 new COVID-19 infections on March 15, increasing its confirmed infections to 57, 073.
According to him, 3, 869 patients have been successfully discharged from the care centres. He said 49, 966 recoveries were recorded in communities, while cases currently under isolation were 20, and active cases under home-based care now stood at 2, 866.
He said the total cumulative tests done since the first COVID-19 case was recorded in Lagos totalled 379,723, while the total cumulative deaths now 352. Mr Abayomi said that 33 per cent of infected patients had co-morbidities, 43 per cent mild symptoms, 39 per cent, moderate symptoms, while 17 per cent were severe and one per cent critical symptoms.
He put the test positivity rate of COVID-19 cases at 15.0 percent, while average length of stay of patients on treatment at 12 days.
