Lagos State government has confirmed that they have discharged eight more additional coronavirus patients from their isolation facility on Tuesday 14th April 2020.
According to the statement by the government, the eight more additional patients discharged are six males and two females.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed these on his verified twitter handle on Tuesday.
The Governor said: “More great news today from our Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba.
“Eight more people: two females and six males have tested negative and fully recovered from #COVID19. They have been discharged to return to their families.
“This brings the number of patients successfully managed and discharged from our facilities to 69.
“Please, let us continue to adhere to all the safety advice from our health experts,” he said.
Aside the eight more patients released today, the Governor in a statement released earlier today, also commended the extension of the lockdown in the state for another two weeks, and highlighted what the state has been doing and will do as the fight against coronavirus continues.
He said:
“Dear Lagosians, Yesterday H.E President Muhammad Buhari announced a 2 weeks extension of the lockdown. This was a tough decision, but like we have seen in countries that couldn’t stop the spread of COVID-19, the effects have been catastrophic. My biggest focus now is security and welfare.
On security, there have been reports of pockets of insecurity across different areas, and intelligence has shown a combination of exploitation by criminal elements.
The Police have been responsive, but in the last 24 hours we have worked to increase surveillance and response time.
On welfare, the second half of the first phase of our reformed #LagosFoodReliefdistribution which is targeted at the vulnerable is on course.
The Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer has also begun to help reduce the burden, and we are working on doing more.
We are encouraged by the success rate of our isolation and treatment initiatives for the the novel coronavirus.
Working with the NCDC and Lagos State Ministry of Health, testing capacity for COVID-19 has increased and we will continue to do all we can to stop the spread of the virus.
As a state, we understand that this lockdown will stretch us because of some structural problems we are contending with, however I want to thank Lagosians for rising up with empathy and strength.
We have to do more and the government will do more, let’s beat COVID-19 together.
Thank You and God bless,” he added.