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Lagos discharges 7 more coronavirus patients, bringing total to 39

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We cannot reveal name of Italian who brought Coronavirus to Nigeria —Lagos Commissioner

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday announced that the state had treated and discharged seven more COVID-19 patients.

He wrote in a series of tweets on his official Twitter handle-@jidesanwoolu:

“Good people of Lagos, I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is as a testament to our resolve to overcome the lethal #COVID19 pandemic ravaging the world.

“Today, we discharged 7 more patients who have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively for #COVID19.

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“This brings to 39 the number of discharged patients in Lagos. The patients include one female and six males; three of the discharged male patients are foreign nationals; two Ukrainians and one Italian.

“As we look forward to more great news in the coming days, I implore you all to support our offensive against #COVIDー19 by complying with our directives and taking responsibility for yourselves and your community.

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