COVID-19: Lagos state discharges 48 patients after recovery, making a total of 406

The Lagos State Government has discharged 48 Coronavirus patients from its isolation centers. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this via his official Twitter handle on Thursday.

With this new report, a total of 406 has been discharged out of 1308 confirmed cases by Nigeria Center For Disease Control early Thursday morning via its Twitter page.

With this new development, the number of #COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos stands at 406.

Thank you all and God bless.

— Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) May 7, 2020

Governor Sanwo-Olu said the patients, who were all Nigerians, include 32 males and 16 females.

He said, “The patients, 28 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, six from Lekki, one from Onikan and 13 from LUTH Isolation Centre, were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to #COVID19 in two consecutive readings.”

Dear Lagosians,

We will continue to celebrate and acknowledge our wins, as well as reflect on our losses. These will help us stay on course, prevent us from being distracted, help us stay focused as we face this pandemic head on.

— Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) May 7, 2020

The patients, 5 from Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 25 from Onikan and 7 from Eti-Osa (LandMark) Isolation Centres were discharged today having fully recovered and tested negative to #COVID19 in two consecutive test readings.

— Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) May 6, 2020