Lagos records highest coronavirus recoveries, discharges 49 patients

Bayo Wahab 18:37 - 29 April 2020

From left: Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi during the state's daily update on coronavirus. (LASG)

So far, 187 patients have recovered from coronavirus in Lagos.

Lagos State Government has discharged 49 coronavirus patients receiving treatment at the state’s isolation centres.

According to the state’s Ministry of Health, the patients include 28 males, 21 females. This is the highest number of coronavirus recoveries in one day in any state in Nigeria.

The ministry said 18 of the patients were discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) Yaba, while 31 were discharged from the isolation centre at Onikan area of the state

*️⃣The patients; 18 from IDH, Yaba & 31 from Onikan Isolation Centre have fully recovered & tested negative to #COVID19 in two consecutive readings
*️⃣With this, number of patients successfully managed & discharged in Lagos is now 187
@DigiCommsNG#LagosAgainstCOVID19 #MaskUpLagos
— LSMOH (@LSMOH) April 29, 2020

This development brings the total of coronavirus patients who have successfully recovered from the infection in Lagos to 187.

Lagos is the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. On Tuesday, April 29, 2020, the state recorded 80 new cases bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria’s economic hub to 844.