The Lagos State Government has discharged 45 COVID-19 patients after they tested negative to the virus.
This was disclosed in a tweet on the Lagos State Ministry of Health official handle on Sunday.
According to a breakdown given by the Ministry, the recovered and discharged patients include 18 females and 27 males.
“Today, 45 fully recovered COVID-19 Lagos patients; 18 females and 27 males were discharged from our Isolation facilities to reunite with the society,” the statement noted.
It further explained that 20 of the patients were discharged from the Gbagada Isolation Centre, nine from Onikan, two from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, one from Agidingbi, one from Lekki and 12 from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
“With this, the number of COVID-19 cases successfully managed and discharged in Lagos has risen to 1328,” the ministry said, urging Lagosians to keep doing their “part to reduce the spread of COVID-19.”
In the other news, the Lagos State government said it plans to establish fruit orchards in 20 secondary schools across the state to fast-track development policy of the state especially the need to build the culture of tree planting and re-greening the environment in students and youths in the state.