Posted by Samuel on Thu 09th Apr, 2020 - tori.ng
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this via his verified Twitter handle @jidesanwoolu.
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The Lagos Government on Thursday said it has discharged seven patients from the Mainland Hospital, an infectious disease facility in Yaba area of the state.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this via his verified Twitter handle @jidesanwoolu.
He had tweeted, “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 seven more patients who have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively for #COVID19.
“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 it stands, Lagos leads the toll of Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections with 145 of the overall 276 cases.
So far, Lagos has discharged 39 patients, while two patients have been evacuated; and the state had recorded three COVID-19-related deaths.