Forty-eight more persons who have made full recovery from the Coronavirus disease in Lagos State have been discharged from isolation centres to reunite with their families.
They were certified free of the virus after testing negative twice consecutively.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu shared the good news on his verified Twitter handle on Thursday.
According to him, the patients comprising 32 males and 16 females were discharged from four treatment facilities in the state.
He wrote:
“Dear Lagosians,
“We will continue to celebrate and acknowledge our wins, as well as reflect on our losses. These will help us stay on course, prevent us from being distracted, help us stay focused as we face this pandemic head on.
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“Though we have been recording recovered patients, we need to also be careful, remain guarded, and show commitment and cooperation with authorities as we are all in this together.
“Our wins are your wins, our losses, your losses.
“Therefore, I’m pleased to announce to you the discharge of 48 more patients; 32 males and 16 females, all Nigerians who were discharged from our Yaba, Lekki, Onikan and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation facilities to reunite with the society.
“The patients, 28 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 6 from Lekki, 1 from Onikan and 13 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to #COVID19 in two consecutive readings.
“With this new development, the number of #COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos stands at 406.
Thank you all and God bless.
