Lagos govt confirms discharge of additional 48 COVID-19 patients

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Thursday confirmed the discharge of 48 more COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation facilities.

Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle, said 28 patients were discharged from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, six from Lekki, one from Onikan and 13 from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation Centres.

According to him, the patients were discharged after they fully recovered from the disease and tested negative to #COVID19 twice.

He said: “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.

“Though we have been recording recovered patients, we need to also be careful, remain guarded, and show commitment and cooperation with authorities as we are all in this together. Our wins are your wins, our losses, your losses.

“Therefore, I’m pleased to announce to you the discharge of 48 more patients; 32 males and 16 females, all Nigerians who were discharged from our Yaba, Lekki, Onikan and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation facilities to reunite with the society.

“The patients, 28 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 6 from Lekki, 1 from Onikan and 13 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to #COVID-19 in two consecutive readings.

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“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.”

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