The Lagos State Government has announced that they have discharged 31 COVID-19 Patients from isolation centres across the state. This was made known by Governor Sanwo-Olu on Sunday 24th May 2020.
Governor Sanwo-Olu taking to his official social media handle to update Lagosians on the latest development on the novel coronavirus in the state, said 31 COVID-19 patients have been released, and out of these figures, 12 are females, and 19 males.
This was the statement of the Governor a few hours ago on the latest development:
“Dear Lagosians,
Today, 31 COVID-19 patients; 12 Females and 19 Males, all Nigerians have fully recovered and have been discharged having tested negative twice to the virus.
The patients; 1 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 13 from Onikan, 11 from Gbagada, 5 from Agidingbi and 1 from Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation centers have been released to go home to their loved ones.
With this, the number of patients successfully managed and discharged from our Isolation facilities has risen to 738.
The recovery of COVID-19 patients is encouraging, and we thank our front line health workers for the remarkable progress we have made so far in our battle against this pandemic.
I urge us all not to relent in the battle against the this global pandemic, we must continue to practice hand hygiene, wear our face masks and observe the social distancing protocol.
If we continue to do the right things and obey the stipulated public health safety guidelines, the chain of COVID-19 transmission can be broken in our state.
Thank you,” he said.