Lagos discharges 13 more coronavirus patients

News Agency Of Nigeria 22:03 - 21 May 2020

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu asks tricycle operators to take only two passengers. (LASG)

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

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.