Lagos discharges 90 COVID-19 patients

The Lagos State Ministry of Health, says it has discharged 90 COVID-19 patients from seven of the state’s isolation facilities having fully recovered from the virus.

The ministry, through its verified Twitter handle on Friday, said that the patients were 30 females and 60 males, all Nigerians.

It said that the patients had been successfully treated and discharged after testing negative to COVID-19.

“The patients; 28 from Onikan, nine from Eti-Osa (LandMark), 10 from Agidingbi, five from Gbagada, two from First Cardiology, 10 from Lekki and 26 from Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Isolation Centres were discharged after testing negative to #COVID19.

“With this, the number of #COVID19 cases successfully managed and discharged in Lagos has risen to 1137,” it said.

It advised the citizens to adhere strictly to physical distancing and hand hygiene principles toward reducing the spread of the virus.