BREAKING: Lagos Discharges 49 More COVID-19 Patients

The Lagos state government has discharged 49 more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centres at Yaba and Onikan to reunite with society.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this in a press conference, according to a tweet Gboyega Akosile, the governor's chief press secretary on Wednesday evening, April 29.

It was gathered that the newly discharged patients are 28 females and 21 males, including a foreign national, a Greek.

The latest discharge is the highest so far in a single day as Lagos' total recoveries hit 187.

According to the latest data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos state remains the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 844 cases.

Recall that 80 of the total cases in Lagos were recorded on Tuesday, April 28; the same day Nigeria recorded the highest daily figure so far, 195.