Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, stated that the consistent decrease in COVID-19 case positivity indicated the end of the state’s fourth wave.
On Saturday, Abayomi announced this via his verified Twitter account, while providing the state’s COVID-19 update for January 2020.
The state declared the start of the fourth wave on December 7, 2021, as the virus’s daily infection rate increased.
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According to Abayomi, the positivity rate for COVID-19 infection has decreased from 29.3 percent on December 21 to 1.9 percent on January 20.
According to him, bed capacity utilization is now at 2%, and the fatality rate is at 0.71 percent.
According to the commissioner, 46 new infections were confirmed on the reported date, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in the state to 98,284.
He noted that 1,023, 203 sample tests had been performed in the state since the pandemic’s inception.
To further reduce the spread of the virus, Abayomi advised residents to get vaccinated and continue to use non-pharmaceutical interventions.
