The governor of Lagos Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced on Wednesday that 26 fresh COVID19 patients have been discharged in the state, bringing the total to 528.
He wrote: “Good people of Lagos,
“Today, 26 COVID19 Lagos patients; 13 males and 13 females, all Nigerians were discharged from our Yaba, Onikan and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation facilities to reunite with the society.
“The patients, 6 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 11 from Onikan and 9 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19 in two consecutive readings.
“With this, the number of #COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos is now 528.”
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