Coronavirus Kills Seven More People In Lagos

'Dotun Akintomide
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The deadly Coronavirus has killed seven more people in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, seven more people died in Lagos State on Friday.

As at Thursday, the state has 21 deaths, but the deaths of seven more people took its Coronavirus deaths to 28.

Lagos, the epicentre of Coronavirus, has almost half of Coronavirus deaths nationwide.

The state has 1,006 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, with 225 people who recovered from the virus discharged.

After it ramps up 87 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the state recorded a drop in infections to 45 on Thursday and has further gone down to 30 on Friday.

Active Coronavirus cases in the state right now stand at 753.

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