The state Commissoner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, who announced the death, said the deceased is a 66-year-old Briton who travelled from India to Dubai and then to Lagos on March 17th.
He tweeted “Lagos recorded another #COVID-19 related death: a 66-year-old Briton, who travelled from India via Dubai to Lagos on 17th of March, 2020. As of 7th of April, 2020, there are 10 new cases of #COVID-19 confirmed. The total of #COVID-19 cases in Lagos rises to 130. Another #COVID-19 patient was discharged after full recovery. This brings the number of discharged patients to 32.”
A 55-year-old man was the first to die of Coronavirus complications at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba. Thereafter a 36-year-old Nigerian man died of coronavirus on Saturday, April 4 in a private facility in Lagos.
Lagos currently has 130 confirmed cases of the disease.