60 COVID-19 patients discharged in Lagos

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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According to the situation report of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for May 4, 2020, Lagos has recorded 1,183 COVID-19 cases.