Alarm bells are ringing across Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital as new cases of Coronavirus mount despite the over three weeks of lockdown imposed by the government.
Seventy new confirmed cases were recorded in the last 24 hours alone in Lagos as community transmission that was feared has become real. With the state now ramping up testing, the number of new cases will inevitably rise faster in the days ahead, doctors say.
There are now 309 confirmed cases in Lagos, 196 of which are still active and there has been 14 fatalities.
Lagos Mainland Local government has the highest with 114 followed closely by Eti-Osa with 86 confirmed cases and Ikeja with 41.
They are followed by Alimosho with 15; Kosofe 12 and Shomolu 8. Mushin and Oshodi/Isolo local governments have seven confirmed cases each.
Surulere has 6 cases and Amuwo Odofin follows with 5 confirmed cases and Ikorodu has four.
Badagry, Apapa, Lagos Island and Ifako/Ijaye have two confirmed cases each. Agege and Ibeju Lekki have one case each.
Three local governments – Ajeromi/Ifelodun; Epe and Ojo have not recorded any confirmed case.
According to data released by the state government, the age distribution of the confirmed cases are 0-9 yrs =5; 10-19 yrs =14; 20-29 yrs =34; 30-39 yrs = 63; 40-49 yrs =60; 50-59 yrs =38; 60-69 yrs =15; 70-79 yrs = 2 and above 80 yrs =2 cases.
Seventy per cent of the cases in Lagos are classified as males while the female population account 30%.
