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Thirty seven more recovered COVID-19 patients were on
Sunday discharged by the Lagos State Government.
This is according to the State Governor Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu
who said they were discharged after testing negative to the
virus.
While giving a breakdown of the figure, he said they are 15
females and 22 males including six foreign nationals.
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Of that number, 8 of the patients are from the Isolation Centre
at Agidingbi, seven from Onikan, and another seven from the
Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba.
A patient was discharged from Gbagada, two from the First
Cardiology and 12 from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital
(LUTH) Isolation Centre.
With the newly-recovered person, Lagos State has now
successfully treated and discharged 2,216 of the confirmed cases,
according to the Commissioner for Health in the State, Professor
Akin Abayomi.
As of Saturday, August 1st, 2020, Lagos is Nigeria’s COVID-19
epicentre having recorded 15,186 cases with 12,846 persons still on
admission.
Of the number, 192 have died, according to the Nigeria Centre
for Disease Control (NCDC).
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On Saturday when Nigeria confirmed 386 more cases of the novel
coronavirus, bringing its total infections to 43, 537, Lagos had 65
infections.
The NCDC noted that four more persons have died from the virus
as recovery numbers hit 20,087.
Shutting Down
During a briefing on the government’s effort to tackle the
pandemic, the Lagos State Government said it had shut down
the Eti-Osa Isolation Centre with effect from Friday night.
Governor Sanwo-Olu said the Agidingbi Isolation Centre will also
be closed and the patients relocated to a larger capacity centre –
IndoCentre in the Anthony area, which would be soon be
inaugurated.
“We have since, last night, shut down our Eti-Osa Isolation
Center and will be shutting down our Agidingbi Isolation Center and
moving all the patients there to our soon to be commissioned
IndoCentrr.
“Furthermore, our Infectious Diseases Hospital in Yaba is now
also gradually being reverted back to its status as a hospital to
cater to all forms of infectious diseases. The CACOVID dedicated
tent on the IDH grounds will, however, remain strictly for COVID-19
cases,” he said.
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