The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said 48 per cent of coronavirus patients in the state do not know they are carriers of the virus.

Abayomi, at a briefing in Alausa on Monday, said 16 per cent of the COVID-19 cases currently in the state were severe cases, while one per cent are in critical condition.

He said, “48 per cent of people infected with COVID-19 have very mild symptoms or even asymptomatic. Some of them don’t even know they’re carrying the virus.”