COVID-19: Lagos state discharges 7 more patients from isolation centre

COVID-19: Lagos state discharges 7 more patients from isolation centre

- Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed that the discharged patients comprise four males and three female

- Sanwo-Olu said that the patients were discharged after they attained 100 per cent recovery from the disease

- However, he advised Lagosians to maintain social distancing while the state hopefully records more victory over the pandemic

Lagos state on Friday, April 10, recorded another victory over the global pandemic called coronavirus.

This as the governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on his Twitter page announced that the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Yaba has discharged another batch of seven patients who recently recovered from the disease.

Sanwo-Olu said that ''this brings to 46, the number of patients successfully managed and discharged from our Yaba facility.''

The governor added: ''So far, we have had 100 per cent recovery from the #COVID19 cases we have admitted and managed at our isolation facilities.''

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The governor, in a tone of caution, advised Lagosians to maintain social distancing while the state continues to record more victories over the disease.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Lagos state government had announced a fresh casualty from coronavirus, officially bringing the death toll from the deadly pandemic to two in the state.

Akin Abayomi, Lagos state commissioner for health, made the announcement on Sunday, April 5, via his Twitter account.

Abayomi disclosed that the victim was a 36-year-old Nigerian male who died in a private facility on Saturday, April 4.

The commissioner, who said two cases have been evacuated from the state, also added that Lagos just recorded six cases of coronavirus. Legit.ng confirms this brings the total cases of coronavirus in Nigeria's commercial city to 115.

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"We lost a COVID19 patient; a 36-year-old NigerianFlag of Nigeria, male who died in a private facility on 4th April, 2020.

"Total number of COVID19 patients who have died are now 2. One case was evacuated bringing total evacuated to 2,'' the commissioner added.

Twenty four patients have been fully discharged after recovering from the disease while active cases remain eighty-seven (87) at the time of filing this report.

Also, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it had uncovered 10 new cases of the deadly pandemic coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

The NCDC announced the confirmation in a tweet on its official Twitter handle on Sunday, April 5 morning. According to the NCDC, with the new discoveries, Nigeria's confirmed cases are now 224 in total. In the latest breakdown, 6 cases were discovered in Lagos, 2 in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and 2 cases.

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