60 COVID-19 patients discharged in Lagos

May 5, 2020 5:38 pm

Sixty patients who tested positive for coronavirus in Lagos state have been discharged after recovering from the disease.

The state ministry of health broke the news in a tweet on Tuesday.

The patients, 40 males and 20 females, were discharged from isolation centres at Yaba, Ibeju-Lekki and Eti-Osa.

This is the highest number of patients that would be discharged in a single day in Lagos.

“60 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 20 females & 40 males, all Nigerians were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba, Ibeju-Lekki & Eti-Osa (Landmark) to reunite with the society,” the tweet read.

#COVID19Lagos Update
Breaking!
*️⃣60 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 20 females & 40 males, all Nigerians were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba, Ibeju-Lekki & Eti-Osa (Landmark) to reunite with the society@jidesanwoolu @NigeriaGov @followlasg @NCDCgov @ARISEtv pic.twitter.com/GWGBxc7fOo

— LSMOH (@LSMOH) May 5, 2020
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A total of 321 patients have now been discharged in the state.

Lagos also announced the death of a 35-year-old male on Tuesday.

Akin Abayomi, the Lagos commissioner for health, made the announcement via his Twitter handle.

Thirty-one COVID-19 deaths have now been recorded in Lagos.

The total number of #COVID19 discharged patients in Lagos is now 261

?1 #COVID19 related death was recorded; the deceased is a male, Nigerian?? aged 35 years. Total #COVID19 related deaths now stands at 31#EaseOfLockdown does not mean #RushOut
Let’s #StayHome for good.

— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) May 5, 2020
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