Lagos state has discharged 17 more coronavirus patients from its isolation center after testing negative for the virus.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday announced that the 17 patients include six females and 11 males.
According to Sanwo-Olu, seven of the patients were discharged from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba; six from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and four from Gbagada General Hospital Isolation centers.
Sanwo-Olu said: “Good people of Lagos, today, 17 more COVID-19 Lagos patients; 6 female and 11 male, all Nigerians were discharged from our Yaba, Gbagada and LUTH Isolation facilities to reunite with their families.
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“The patients, 7 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 6 from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and 4 from Gbagada General Hospital Isolation centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19 in two consecutive readings.
“This brings to 649 the number of #COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos.”