UPDATED: 123 COVID-19 Patients in Lagos Have Recovered, Discharged – Lagos Govt

Lagos State Ministry of Health on Saturday has disclosed that a total of 123 people who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) have fully recovered in the State.

In a tweet on its verified Twitter handle, the ministry revealed that six more patients have recovered from the disease after testing negative twice to COVID-19.

According to the ministry, the newly recovered patients include three females and three males.

It affirmed that they were discharged to reunite with the society after receiving treatment at the isolation facility of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).

“The number of patients successfully managed and discharged in Lagos now 123,” the tweet read.

The ministry tweeted hours before the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 87 new cases of COVID-19 in the country.

Also, NCDC said 33 new infections were reported in Lagos while Borno recorded 18 more cases.

Other states were Osun – 12, Katsina – nine, Kano – four, Ekiti – four, Edo – three, Bauchi – three, and Imo – one.

As of 11:55 pm on April 25, Nigeria has a total of 1,182 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 222 patients discharged and 35 deaths.