By Dare Ojelade, Lagos
Thirteen more coronavirus patients have been discharged by the Lagos State Government, The Gazelle News.com reports.
Eleven males and two females were discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba ; and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Thursday, 14 May, 2020.
The state Governor and Incident Commander, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this on his official twitter handle while giving update on the pandemic in the state.
Governor Sanwo-Olu stated that the number of recovered patients in the state has now risen to 541.
On Thursday, 14 May, 2020, four patients were discharged from IDH while nine were discharged from LUTH.
Below is the tweet from the Governor
COVID-19 Update by the Incident Commander, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Good people of Lagos,
Today, 13 more COVID19Lagos patients; 11 males and 2 females, all Nigerians have been discharged from our Yaba and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation facilities to reunite with the society.
The patients, 4 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba and 9 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19 in two consecutive readings.
With this, the number number of #COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos is now 541.
Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu
COVID19Lagos Incident Commander
May 14, 2020