Lagos State government, on Wednesday, said additional 26 COVID-19 patients, all Nigerians, have been discharged from its isolation centres across the state to reunite with the society, having fully recovered and tested negative to the infection in two consecutive readings.
The state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made this known on his twitter handle, saying the discharged patients consist of 13 males and 13 females.
He said that the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged so far is 528.
‘’Good people of Lagos, today, 26 COVID-19 Lagos patients; 13 males and 13 females, all Nigerians, were discharged from our Yaba, Onikan and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation facilities to reunite with society.
‘’The patients, 6 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 11 from Onikan 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 of #COVID-19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos state is now 528,” he added.