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Lagos discharges 60 Coronavirus patients

In what could be described as the biggest massive recovery, 60 Coronavirus patients were on Tuesday discharged in Lagos State.

They were discharged after testing negative twice to the virus. The discharged is the largest in a single day since the pandemic crept into Nigeria, the State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed on his Twitter handle.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu doing a ward round with the State Health Commissioner, Professor Abayomi

Also, the State Ministry of Health, on its twitter handle, said those discharged include 40 male and 20 female and were all Nigerians.

Thirty-One of the patients were discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, Yaba; 19 from Ibeju-Lekki while 10 came from Eti-Osa (Landmark) Isolation Centres.

“The patients; 31 from IDH, Yaba, 19 from Ibeju-Lekki and 10 from the Eti-Osa (LandMark) Isolation Centres have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively to #COVID19.

“With this, the number of patients’ successfully managed and discharged in Lagos is now 321,” it said.

 

Also read:  Covid-19: ten more patients recover from Lagos isolation facilities
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