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Sodiq Oyeleke
Sixteen COVID- 19 patients undergoing treatments at the Lagos State isolation centres have been discharged .
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, made this known via his Twitter handle on Thursday.
This, the commissioner said , has brought the total number of discharged patients in the state to 85.
He tweeted, “ 18 new cases of #COVID19 Infection were confirmed in Lagos on 15 th of April , 2020.
“ The cheering news, however, is that 16 fully recovered #COVID- 19 patients have been discharged following further screening that confirmed their status negative.
“ The total number of discharged #COVID19 patients in Lagos is now 85. ”
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had on Wednesday evening announced that 18 new cases were recorded in Lagos.
The NCDC said , “ Thirty - four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 18 in Lagos, 12 in Kano , two in Katsina, one in Delta, one in Niger.
“ As of 11: 20 pm on the 15 th of April , there are 407 confirmed cases of #COVID- 19 reported in Nigeria. 128 have been discharged with 12 deaths.
“ Number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID- 19: 19 + FCT . Currently, Lagos has 232 cases, FCT- 58, Osun - 20, Kano - 16 , Edo - 15 , Oyo - 11 , Ogun- nine, Katsina- seven, Bauchi- six , Kaduna - six , Akwa Ibom- six , Kwara- four, Delta- four , Ondo- three, Enugu- two, Ekiti- two , Rivers -two ,
Niger- two, Benue- one, and Anambra- one .”