The Lagos State Government, on Thursday, April 9th, 2020, said that it has discharged seven patients from the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba area of the state.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this disclosure via his official Twitter handle, @jidesanwoolu.

He had tweeted,

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 seven more patients who have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively for #COVID19.

This brings to 39 the number of discharged patients in Lagos.

The patients include one female and six males; three of the discharged male patients are foreign nationals — two Ukrainians and one Italian.

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

Currently, Lagos State has recorded the highest number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, which is one hundred and forty five (145) of the overall two hundred and seventy six (276) cases in Nigeria.

As at Thursday, April 9th, 2020, Lagos State has discharged a total of thirty nine (39) patients, while two patients have been evacuated; and the state has recorded three COVID-19-related deaths.

Justin Nwosu

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