Lagos discharges 37 more coronavirus patients

Bayo Wahab 19:43 - 06 May 2020

Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi. [Twitter/@akinabayomi]

Lagos has now discharged 358 coronavirus patients. 

Lagos State Government has discharged 37 more coronavirus patients receiving treatments in the state.

In its daily COVID-19 update on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, the state Ministry of Health said 19 females and 18 males including an Indian were discharged.

*️⃣The patients; 5 from IDH, Yaba, 25 from Onikan & 7 from the Eti-Osa (LandMark)Isolation Centres have fully recovered & tested negative twice consecutively to #COVID19
*️⃣With this, the number of patients successfully managed & discharged in Lagos has risen to 358.
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— LSMOH (@LSMOH) May 6, 2020

The ministry announced that the patients were discharged from isolation facilities at Yaba, Onikan and Eti-Osa.

The ministry tweeted, “37 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 19 females & 18 males including a foreign national; an Indian were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba, Onikan & Eti-Osa to reunite with the society.

“The patients; 5 from IDH, Yaba, 25 from Onikan & 7 from the Eti-Osa (LandMark)Isolation Centres have fully recovered & tested negative twice consecutively to #COVID19.

“With this, the number of patients successfully managed & discharged in Lagos has risen to 358”.

Breaking it down, the ministry said five patients were released from IDH, Yaba, 25 from Onikan and seven from the Eti-Osa (LandMark) Lagos State Isolation Centres.

This development brings the total number of recoveries in Lagos to 358.