May 14, 2026

COVID-19: 56-year-old patient dies in Lagos

By Muhammad A. Aliyu

The Lagos State Government has announced the death of a COVID-19 patient in the state.

Commissioner of Health in the state, Akin Abayomi, disclosed this while giving an update of the pandemic.

Akin Abayomi
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi

According to Abayomi, the patient who died was a 56-year-old Nigerian who visited the United States.

With this update, the number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in the state to 6.

He said: “A 56-year-old Nigerian male who recently returned from the United States has died of COVID-19 related complication.

“This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Lagos to 6.”

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