Lagos State Discharges 21 More COVID-19 Patients

L-R: Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Dr. Tope Oguniyan; Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu during the opening of Isolation Centre for the Coronavirus treatment at the Gbagada General Hospital, on Friday, May 1, 2020.

By Our Correspondent

The Lagos State Government has announced the recovery and discharge of 21 more coronavirus patients,who tested negative twice to the virus.

The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has on Saturday said that the 21 discharged patients brings the total number of confirmed cases so far discharged from the isolation centres in the state to 875.

According to a Statement the Governor said the 21 COVID-19 Lagos patients is made up of six females and 15 males, including a foreign national.

“The patients – six from the Mainland infectious disease hospital, Yaba, 11 from Onikan, three from Agidingbi and one from Gbagada isolation centres – were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19.

“This brings to 875, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos,’’ Sanwo-Olu said.