Lagos discharges 13 more coronavirus patients

News Agency Of Nigeria

May 21, 2020 10:03 PM

The Lagos State Government has announced the recovery and discharge of 13 more novel coronavirus patients.

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. (LASG)

The patients were discharged after testing negative for the virus two consecutive times.

The state Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday.

The governor confirmed that a total 662 patients had so far been discharged from isolation centres in the state.

”Today, 13 more COVID-19 Lagos patients – nine males and four females – all Nigerians, have been discharged from the Onikan, Eti-Osa (LandMark), Lekki and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation facilities to reunite with the society.

”The patients, one from Onikan, four from Eti-Osa (LandMark), three from Lekki and five from LUTH isolation centres were discharged having fully recovered.

”With this, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos has risen to 662,” Sanwo-Olu said.

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