The Lagos State Government has announced that it spends between N100,000 and N1m daily to treat and cater for each of the COVID-19, patients in the state.
The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi made the disclosure yesterday at a briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the state.
Abayomi said for mild and moderate cases, the state government spends on the average about N100,00 daily, while it costs the state government about N500,000 and N1m to treat a patient with a serious or intensive COVID-19 case.
The state has since the outbreak of the virus recorded 14,009 confirmed cases of the virus with 2,075 discharged and 192 deaths.
