Six patients being
treated for the coronavirus have recovered and will soon be discharged by the
Infectious Diseases Hospital, Lagos.
Tunde Ajayi, special
assistant to the Lagos state governor on health, disclosed this on twitter on
Thursday afternoon.
He wrote: “Six of
our #COVID19 inpatients have recovered and will be discharged soon. There is
something Lagos is doing right. Lagos takes the lead.”
UPDATE!!!!#COVID19Lagos— Tunde Ajayi (@thetundeajayi) March 26, 2020
6 of our #COVID19 inpatients have recovered and will be discharged soon.
There's something Lagos is doing right. Lagos takes the lead. 💯💯💯
The total number of
those who have recovered is now eight, up from two.
On Wednesday, the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced via its Twitter handle that
the number of confirmed cases is now 51.
It said one of those
infected is in Rivers state, and that Lagos and Abuja recorded two new cases
each.
The centre said
three of the new cases are returning travellers while two are close contacts of
an infected person.
Coronavirus is in
eight states and the federal capital territory (FCT). While Lagos has the
highest number with 32, FCT follows with 10 and Ogun, three. Ekiti, Oyo, Edo,
Bauchi, Osun, and Rivers have one case each.
Nigeria recorded its
first casualty from the virus on Monday.
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