The Lagos State Ministry of Health said that sixteen (16) patients have been discharged from Infectious Disease Hospitals in the state to join the society.

Fourteen (14) of them are males and two (2) are females. Among those discharged are three (3) foreign nationals – one (1) British, one (1) Chinnese and one (1) polish.

Fourteen (14) of the patients were discharged from Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba and two (2) from Onikan Isolation centre, after they have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively to coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

This brings the number of patients successfully managed, treated and discharged from Lagos isolation facilities to eighty five (85).

The state’s Ministry of Health disclosed this via its official Twitter handle, @LSMOH:

#COVID19Lagos Update
Breaking!
*️⃣16 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 14 males & 2 females including 3 foreign nationals – 1 British🇬🇧, 1 Chinnese🇨🇳 and 1 polish 🇵🇱 have been discharged to join the society.@followlasg@toluogunlesi@ogundamisi@WHONigeria @Fmohnigeria@nmanigeria pic.twitter.com/Wq3EGodakb

— LSMOH (@LSMOH) April 15, 2020

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