Lagos discharges 37 COVID-19 patients as cases hit 1,308

Lagos state has discharged 37 more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centres bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from Lagos treatment facilities to 358.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced this in a tweet by his spokesman, Gboyega Akosile on Wednesday.

My dear Lagosians,

Today, 37 more #COVID19 patients have been discharged from our isolation facilities at Yaba, Onikan and Eti-Osa (LandMark) to reunite with the society. There are 19 females and 18 males including 1 Indian.

— Gboyega Akosile (@gboyegaakosile) May 6, 2020

The patients were discharged from the Yaba, Onikan and Eti-Osa (LandMark) isolation centres.

Of the 37, 19 are females, while the remaining 18 are males.

One of the discharged patients is an Indian national.

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“What this indicates is that while our numbers of confirmed cases are rising, we are also maintaining a significant discharge rate of our active cases, which shows that our medical interventions and management of the cases are working,” Sanwo-Olu said.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos has recorded 1,308 COVID-19 cases.