By Dare Ojelade, Lagos
Lagos State has discharged 13 more coronavirus patients bringing the total number of recovered patients in the state to 662, The Gazelle News.com reports.
The state Governor and Incident Commander, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this on Thursday, 21 May, 2020 while giving the update on the pandemic in the state through his verified twitter handle.
According to Sanwo-Olu, nine males and four females were discharged from the isolation centres at Onikan, Eti Osa, Lekki and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba. All the discharged patients are Nigerians.
Giving the breakdown, the Lagos State Governor stated that: One of the patients was discharged from the Onikan Isolation Centre, four from Eti Osa, three from Lekki and three 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; 9 males and 4 females, all Nigerians have been discharged from the Onikan, Eti-Osa (LandMark), Lekki and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation facilities to reunite with the society.
The patients, 1 from the Onikan, 4 from Eti-Osa (LandMark), 3 from Lekki and 5 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered.
With this, the number number of #COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos has risen to 662.
Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu
COVID19Lagos Incident Commander
May 21, 2020