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Four patients from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, and nine others from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation centre have been discharged after testing negative for COVID-19.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, made the announcement on Thursday.

According to him, with the discharge of the 11 males and two females, Lagos has now recorded 541 recoveries.

“Good people of Lagos, today, 13 more COVID-19 Lagos patients, 11 males and 2 females, all Nigerians, have been discharged from our Yaba and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation facilities to reunite with the society,” the statement read.

“The patients, 4 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba and 9 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19 in two consecutive readings.

“With this, the number of #COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos is now 541.”

Nigeria crossed the 1,000 mark on recoveries on Wednesday, with a total of 1,070 persons discharged in 30 states and the federal capital territory.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) situation report for May 13, 2020, Nasarawa, Yobe, Ebonyi and Benue states are yet to record any COVID-19 recovery.