By Emmanuel Adeleke
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has declared that consistent decrease in COVID-19 case positivity indicated the end of the fourth wave in the state.
Abayomi disclosed this via his verified Twitter page, @ProfAkinolaAbayomi, on Saturday, while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for January 20.
The state had on December 7, 2021, announced the beginning of the fourth wave as daily infection figure from the virus spiked.
The commissioner said that there was a reduction in positivity rates of COVID-19 infection from 29.3 per cent recorded on December 21, to 1.9 per cent as of January 20.
According to him, bed capacity utilisation now stands at two per cent, and fatality rate stands at 0.71 per cent.
Abayomi said that 46 new infections were confirmed on the reported date, increasing the number of COVID-19 infections in the state to 98,284.
He noted that 1,023,203 sample tests had been conducted since the state recorded its first index case.
The commissioner urged residents to get vaccinated and continue to adhere to non-pharmaceutical interventions to further reduce the spread of the virus.
