Lagos discharges 87 COVID-19 patients

At least eighty-seven COVID-19 patients have been discharged by the Lagos State Government after undergoing treatment at isolation centres in the state.

According to a state's Health Ministry on Wednesday, the patients were discharged after testing negative twice for the deadly virus.

According to the Tweet on the ministry's official account, the 87 "#COVID19Lagos patients" consists of "40 females & 47 males, all Nigerians have been discharged from our Isolation facilities to reunite with the society," @LSMOH said.

The statement added that, "the patients; 26 from Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 24 from Onikan, 12 from Eti-Osa (LandMark), 11 from Agidingbi, nine from Gbagada and five LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19."

Meanwhile, five patients have died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the state to 47.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Situation Report 88 published on Wednesday.

According to the report, seven other states recorded 11 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours.

"16 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours in eight states – Lagos (five), Bauchi (two), Edo (two), Oyo (two), Rivers (two), Anambra (one), Kaduna (one) and Ondo (one)."