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Lagos discharges 24 additional COVID-19 patients
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Thursday 24 additional COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation centres following their full recovery from the virus.
Sanwo-Olu said in a statement that a total of 952 patients had now been discharged from the state’s isolation centres.
The governor said: ”Good people of Lagos State, today, 24 more COVID-19 patients have fully recovered.
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“15 males and nine females –all Nigerians were discharged from the Onikan, Gbagada, Agidingbi and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation facilities to reunite with society.
”The patients – four from Onikan, one from Gbagada, one from Agidingbi and 18 from LUTH isolation centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative for COVID-19.
”With this, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos State has risen to 952.”
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