Coronavirus

Lagos Discharges 14 COVID-19 Patients

Matilda Omonaiye/

The Lagos State Ministry of Health says 14 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities.

The ministry disclosed this via its verified Twitter handle this afternoon, adding that the patients were discharged after testing negative for the virus in two consecutive readings.

The patients, comprising six females and eight males, were discharged from the isolation facilities at Yaba, Onikan, LUTH and Eti-Osa.

The ministry tweeted, “14 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 6 females & 8 males, all Nigerians were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba, Onikan, LUTH & Eti-Osa (Landmark) to reunite with the society.

“The patients; 7 from Onikan, 2 from IDH, Yaba, 4 from @LUTHofficial & 1 from the Eti-Osa (LandMark) Isolation Centres have fully recovered & tested negative twice consecutively to #COVID19.

“With this, the number of patients successfully managed & discharged in Lagos is now 261.”

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