25/04/20
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DANIELS G.O
Lagos state has recorded one more Covid-19 death making a total of 13 Deaths so far in the state.
The state now has a total of 670 confirmed cases of corona virus in the State, 519 active cases, 13 transferred,And two evacuated.
In a live Broadcast on Saturday,Governor Babajide Sanwo -Olu said the state will conduct a mass burial in 2 weeks time if the motuaries in the state are not decongested.
He said the move has become necessary as the motuaries are getting filled in the face of the ongoing fight against COVID-19
He explained that the motuaries were full not because of the COVID-19 pandemic but because many have not been able to bury their loved ones due to the Easter period.
Sanwo-Olu urged residents of the state who still have the remains of their loved ones in mortuary to go and bury them as the state government will be forced to hold mass burial of all the bodies in two weeks time
The governor has also pardoned 209 prisoners as part of ongoing efforts to decongest the preasons in the fight against COVID-19,and declared the use of nose mask as compulsory in public places across the state