Four more COVID-19 patients discharged
Four more COVID-19 patients discharged in Lagos.
The Lagos state government has discharged four more COVID-19 patients after recovering from the disease
- Governor Sanwo-Olu said the four patients, including an 11-year-old boy, were discharged after testing negative twice
- The governor noted that 50 patients have now recovered just as he urged residents to observe all the necessary preventive measures
Four new COVID-19 patients have recovered in Lagos and have been discharged, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed.
The Lagos state governor disclosed this in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle @jidesanwoolu on Saturday, April 11.
According to Sanwo-Olu, four male patients, including an 11-year-old boy, were discharged from the Lagos state Isolation facilities.
Four more COVID-19 patients, including 11-year-old boy, discharged in Lagos
Three of the patients were discharged from the state's infectious disease hospital in Yaba while the remaining one was discharged from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) after testing negative twice to COVID-19.
The number of recovered patients in the state is now 50, Sanwo-Olu noted.
The patients; 3 from IDH, Yaba and 1 from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) were discharged having recovered fully and tested negative twice to #COVID19
This brings to 50, the number of patients successfully managed and discharged from our isolation facilities
Governor Sanwo-Olu also appealed to residents in the state to stay at home, practice social distancing and personal and hand hygiene.
"We are on a steady course to victory, let's all make little sacrifices for the greater good," Sanwo-Olu added.
Lagos state had on Friday, April 10, discharged another batch of seven patients who recently recovered from the disease.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Lagos state government had announced the passing away of one of the patients of the coronavirus pandemic under its care in the state.
The news was broken by the state commissioner for health, Akin Abayomi, in the morning of Saturday, April 11.
He made the announcement via his Twitter handle @ProfAkinAbayomi, adding that the patient died in a private facility.
With the announcement, four COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in Lagos and eight across the country.
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