The Lagos State Government has discharged seven extra patients said to have recovered by the deadly coronavirus.

According to the Executive Governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed that the seven patients were discharged today from Mainland Hospital Yaba.

Taking to Twitter, Sanwo-Olu said:

"Good people of Lagos,

"I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is as a testament to our resolve to overcome the lethal COVID19 pandemic ravaging the world.

"Today, we discharged 7 more patients who have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively for COVID19."

Good people of Lagos,

I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is as a testament to our resolve to overcome the lethal #COVID19 pandemic ravaging the world.

Today, we discharged 7 more patients who have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively for #COVID19

— Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) April 9, 2020

The number of discharged patients in Lagos currently stands at 39. The patients include one female and six males; three of the discharged male patients are foreign nationals; two Ukrainians and one Italian.

The Governor sought more support from Lagosians and asked them to comply with state given directives.

He hinted that health workers would pay residents visits to admit questionnaires, soon.

"In the coming days, some of our health workers will be moving around in pairs to administer an electronic questionnaire at homes and healthcare facilities to make enquiries about some symptoms like cough, cold and fever.

"This is in a bid to intensify our search for possible cases of #COVID19 in different communities across the State known as Active Case Search.

"These officials can be identified with a COVID19 outbreak response tag or a letter from the LGA.

"I implore you to give them your maximum support by providing accurate information that would help in containing this #COVID19 pandemic quickly.

"Again, I assure you that at the end of it all, we will be victorious," he concluded.