The Lagos State Government has announced the discharge of 49 former COVID-19 patients.

According to a tweet by the state Ministry of Health on Wednesday, the discharged patients consisted of 28 female and 21 male, including a foreign national.

They were discharged from the Yaba and Onikan isolation facilities.

The patients; 18 from IDH, Yaba and 31 from Onikan Isolation Centre have fully recovered & tested negative to #COVID19 in two consecutive readings

With this, number of patients successfully managed & discharged in Lagos is now 187

But despite the encouraging figures, the state has remained the epicentre of the virus with a total of  844 infections.