Lagos State Government has discharged 22 coronavirus patients after recovering from the disease.
The total of persons discharged in Lagos is currently 247.
Of the 22 patients discharged by the state government, eight are female Nigerians while the rest are 14 males.
Confirming their discharge from isolation centres, the State Ministry of Health, in a statement on its official social media handle on Saturday, disclosed that the patients were treated at the Isolation facilities at Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Yaba, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi araba and Lekki isolation centre.
“The 22 more COVID-19 patients discharged today include eight females and 14 males who are all Nigerians from our Isolation facilities at Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Yaba, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi araba and Lekki isolation center, to reunite with the society.”
“Out of the 22 patients; 19 were managed at LUTH, two from IDH in Yaba and one from our Isolation Centre at Lekki have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively to COVID-19”, the ministry said.
It added that the state also recorded four deaths on Friday.
“Unfortunately, 4 #COVID19 deaths were recorded.
“This brings the total number of #COVID19 related deaths in Lagos to 25
“Call 08000CORONA for any #COVID19 issues.”
Recall that the State also recorded 30 new cases on May 1st, 2020, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 1,022
