Wale Jagun
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi on Friday, said the state may possibly record between 90,000 and 120,000 cases of COVID-19 by July or August.
The Commissioner speaking at a press briefing held at the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, said that with the current trend of the Coronavirus pandemic in the state it is expected to reach its peak by the middle of the year.
“We definitely have not reached the peak of our outbreak, we suspect that the peak will happen sometime in July or August and so we are preparing for the oncoming, we are increasing our capacity and strategies to deal with this situation,” Mr Abayomi said.
Prof. Abayomi said the state recorded its highest number of infections on May 7 with 183 new cases confirmed.
He stated that Lagos has expanded its testing capacity to reach many residents of the state.
The Commissioner stated that the sharp rise in cases being recorded is due to the decentralisation of sample collection across the 20 Local Governments Areas of the state.
According Prof. Abayomi, the quick response by the government prevented the state from recording high infectious rate.
However, he noted that Alimosho, Oshodi, and Isolo have begun to record a high rate of COVID-19 cases.
