Forty-five coronavirus patients receiving treatment at isolation centres in Lagos State have been discharged after testing negative twice.
Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH) disclosed this in an series of tweet on Saturday.
The ministry stated that 22 of the discharged patients are females, while 23 are males.
#COVID19Lagos Update
Breaking!
*️⃣ 45 #COVID19Lagos patients; 22 females & 23 males, all Nigerians have been discharged from our Isolation facilities to reunite with the society@jidesanwoolu@followlasg@NigeriaGov@DigiCommsNG@ProfAkinAbayomi@WHONigeria@LUTHofficial@NCDCgov pic.twitter.com/YwQYz7RXY9— LSMOH (@LSMOH) May 23, 2020
In a follow up tweet, LSMOH gave further details of the recovered patients, saying;
*️⃣The patients; 19 from Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 3 from Onikan, 8 from Agidingbi, 7 from Lekki, 1 from Eti-Osa (LandMark) & 7 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered & tested negative to #COVID19.
— LSMOH (@LSMOH) May 23, 2020
With the newly discharged patients, a total of 707 recoveries have been recorded in Lagos.
*️⃣With this, the number of COVID19 cases successfully managed & discharged in Lagos State has risen to 707.
Call 08000CORONA = 08000267662 for #COVID19 issues#TakeResponsibility#staysafe#MaskUpLagos#SocialDistancing#LagosAgainstCOVID19#ForAGraterLagos
— LSMOH (@LSMOH) May 23, 2020
Meanwhile, Lagos remains the epicentre of the virus in the country with 3,224 cases out of 7,261 total coronavirus cases in Nigeria as at press time.
In other news, Benue State Government said it will no longer push for the re-opening of worship places and markets.
The government had on Thursday said it would commence the re-opening of worship centres and markets, which have been shut down for close to two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
It also directed workers on grade levels one to 12 asked to stay at home about two months ago to resume work on June 1, 2020 but advised that they always wear face mask and maintain social distancing as they go to work.
The reversal, Governor Samuel Ortom said, is based on the federal government’s advice to states to be cautious about restarting economic and social activities.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Benue has recorded five cases of COVID-19 as at Friday.
