60 patients recover in Lagos, total rises to 321

The COVID-19 Incident Commander and Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday disclosed the recovery and discharge of 60 more patients from isolation in the State. This brings to 321, the total number of patients successfully managed and discharged in the State. Sanwo-Olu, while giving update on COVID-19 in the State, said that […]

The COVID-19 Incident Commander and Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday disclosed the recovery and discharge of 60 more patients from isolation in the State.

This brings to 321, the total number of patients successfully managed and discharged in the State.

Sanwo-Olu, while giving update on COVID-19 in the State, said that the patients- 40 males and 20 females (all Nigerians)- were released to reunite with the society having fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively to the coronavirus.

According to him, 31 of the patients were discharged from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba, 19 from the Ibeju-Lekki isolation centre and 10 from Eti-Osa (LandMark) isolation centre.

The State Ministry of Health had earlier announced one additional COVID-19 related death, bringing the total deaths recorded so far to 31.

Almost 100 coronavirus-related deaths have now been recorded in Nigeria, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, which confirmed 245 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.

According to the report by the NCDC, 93 deaths have been recorded and 417 patients treated and discharged from a total confirmed cases of 2,802 recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

According to a post on the official Twitter handle of the agency, laboratory tests confirmed 245 new cases of coronavirus infections on Monday.

The new cases were confirmed in epicentre of the virus, Lagos and 15 other states, including the FCT.