Lagos discharges five more COVID-19 patients, confirms 19 new cases

Lagos State Government, on Friday, discharged five more patients undergoing treatment at its isolation centres.

State’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclsoed this in a tweet, said that the five newly-discharged patients brought the total number of patients that have recovered in the state to 90.

He also confirmed the 19 new confirmed cases recorded in the state on Thursday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had announced that 19 of the 35 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Thursday were in Lagos.

According to Abayomi, “19 new confirmed cases of #COVID-19 Infection recorded in Lagos on the 16th of April. This brings the total number of confirmed Lagos #COVID-19 cases to 254.

“Five fully recovered #COVID-19 patients were discharged. Total discharged #COVID-19 patients are now 90.”