A 32-year-old man among first batch of Nigerians evacuated from Dubai has died of COVID-19.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, made this disclosure via his Twitter handle on Tuesday.
According to Abayomi, the deceased, who had “severe underlying health condition”.
He tweeted: “Another #COVID19 infection-related death involving 32 years old male has been recorded.
“The deceased recently returned from Dubai with severe underlying health condition following evacuation of Nigerians in foreign countries by @DigiCommsNG.”
As of Monday, Lagos had 1949 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 1395 active, 502 discharged and 34 deaths.
