Health authorities in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, say a 98-year-old woman has recovered from coronavirus after being treated at one of the state’s isolation centres.
Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu confirmed via twitter on Wednesday that the woman was discharged along with 25 others who had previously tested positive for the virus.
Today, we discharged a 98 year old woman, our oldest #COVID19 patient in Lagos. She joined 25 others; 13 males and 12 females, discharged from our isolation centres after testing negative for #COVID19, bringing the total of our successfully managed and discharged patients to 528.
— Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) May 13, 2020
Lagos is considered as a coronavirus hotspot in Nigeria with 2,041 cases of the 4,971 recorded in the country.
33 deaths are connected with the virus in Lagos state with 528 patients getting discharged.
Source: BBC News
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