Lagos State Government, yesterday, revealed that it spends between N100,000 and N1 million daily to treat a COVID-19 patient.The state’s Commissioner
for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this at a briefing to provide update on efforts by the state in managing the pandemic.
The commissioner said the state government had discontinued the idea of using a rapid diagnostic kit to test patients because research sponsored by the governor indicate that it failed validation, as it provided inaccurate results. He disclosed that 60 per cent of the positive COVID-19 cases in Lagos were shared among five local councils of Eti-Osa, Alimosho, Kosofe, Ikeja and Oshodi-Isolo, though Eti-Osa tops.
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