By Chioma Obinna

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi Thursday announced two new deaths from COVID-19 even as  the state discharged five new patients from isolation centre.

Abayomi who announced this on his Twitter handle- @ProfAkinAbayomi explained that two patients all male, died from the disease in the state on Wednesday.

The two deaths bring the number of COVID-19 deaths in the state, to 10 while 90 patients have also been discharged.

He explained that the two persons had no travel history or contact with an infected person.

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Also on his twitter handle; the governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu explained that three of the discharged patients were females and two males and were discharged after testing negative twice to coronavirus

“Dear Lagosians, today, 5 more patients; 3 females and 2 males, have been discharged from the Mainland Infectious Diseases Hospital to reunite with the society,” Sanwo-Olu said.

“They were discharged having recovered fully and tested negative twice consecutively to #COVID19.  This brings to 90, number of recoveries in Lagos.”

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