Coronavirus: Lagos discharges Indian, 36 others

Lagos health commissioner Prof Akin Abayomi

Lagos State Government has discharged 37 coronavirus patients, including an Indian, from its isolation centres.

The State Ministry of Health confirmed this on Wednesday via Twitter.

“37 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 19 females & 18 males including a foreign national; an Indian were today discharged from our isolation facilities at Yaba, Onikan & Eti-Osa to reunite with the society,” the ministry said.

“The patients; 5 from IDH, Yaba, 25 from Onikan & 7 from the Eti-Osa (LandMark) Isolation Centres have fully recovered & tested negative twice consecutively to #COVID19.

“With this, the number of patients successfully managed & discharged in Lagos has risen to 358.”

As of Tuesday, Lagos had 1,226 confirmed COVID-19 cases.