In a sad development, Lagos State on Saturday recorded two new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to five.
The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, announced the development on his Twitter handle, @ProfAkinAbayomi.
He said,
“We are, however, saddened by the death of another patient from COVID-19-related complications in a private hospital in Lagos.”
Also, a 37-year-old new mother has died of COVID-19 at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
The death, according to a source at LASUTH, occurred on Saturday morning.
The source said the patient was delivered of her baby at the Alimosho General Hospital but that the woman developed an infection in the course of the childbirth and was subsequently brought to LASUTH, where she was placed on admission for medical treatment.
The source told one of our correspondents that the late patient’s result confirmed her COVID-19 status after she had passed on.
The source said,
“The result came out after she had died, but we had suspected after she came in. So, every precaution was taken by all the workers who attended to her.
“She had a baby outside LASUTH (at another hospital). She was brought in as an emergency patient from Alimosho General Hospital with infection.
“She had a baby but she developed an infection. Then, it was noticed that her blood sugar was very high and she had a cough and fever and we suspected it might be coronavirus.
“So, we sent (her samples) for testing and kept on managing (her), with universal precautions being taken.
“Unfortunately, the mortality rate of infection after (child) delivery is very high.
“She was 37-years-old and she died this morning (Saturday).”
