Breaking! Lagos discharges 7 Coronavirus patients; recovered 39 in total

Just after the sad news that Lagos state recorded another Coronavirus-related death, the Lagos State governor has announced that seven people who previously tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) have recovered and been discharged.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced on his Twitter account on Thursday, 9 April 2020, that the patients were discharged after testing negative twice consecutively. He also revealed that three of the patients were foreign nationals from Ukraine and Italy.

Lagos is the epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria with 145 cases out of the country’s total of 276 cases in 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as of  April 2020.

The state government has now discharged a total of 39 patients from care. Two other patients who were American citizens have been evacuated back home to the United States.

Sanwo-Olu called on Lagosians to continue to support the government by complying with directives to contain the spread of the virus.

“Good people of Lagos, I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is 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,” the Governor writes on his Twitter handle.

Nigeria has officially recorded six deaths linked to Coronavirus in the country. Three of these were recorded in Lagos.

Check out the tweets from Governor Sanwo-Olu:

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

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.

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

As we look forward to more great news in the coming days, I implore you all to support our offensive against #COVID?19 by complying with our directives and taking responsibility for yourselves and your community.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Thank you.

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