Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has explained the reason for the continuous increase in total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos State.
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He said it is an evidence of the success of the State’s evolving strategy of ramping up testing by going into local communities.
The Lagos State Incident Commander, while giving an update on coronavirus in the state, recalled that the state had recently set up sample collection centers across the 20 Local Government Areas.
The goal of the expanded testing, he said, is to take testing closer to the people, by making it easier for those who fall into the ‘case definition’ to have their samples collected.
“As we implement these strategies, and take testing deeper into our neighborhoods and communities, we expect that we will see more positive cases. I must use this opportunity to commend all the teams who are carrying out this active community case search,” he said.
Lagos, on April 19, 2020, recorded 70 new cases, bringing to 379 the total number of confirmed cases in the state.
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