LAGOS COVID-19 RESPONSE UPDATE ! NUMBER OF NEWLY DISCHARGED PATIENTS,AGE ,EFFORTS WORTHY OF NOTE,AND LOTS MORE

28/06/20

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Daniels G.O

The Lagos State Government has discharged 55 Covid -19 Patients from the various isolation centres in the state after they tested Negative to the highly dreaded corona virus infection.

16 of the patients were females while 36 were Males including 16 Foreign Nationals.

14 were discharged from Onikan Centre.

5 from Gbagada isolation centre.

5 From mainland Hospital.

8 from Agindigbi isolation centre

6 From Lekki isolation centre

4 From Eti -Osa land mark

4 from First Cardiology And 9 from LUTH

The Lagos state Government apart from is not only making progress with management of Cases and Discharge, but making Progress also in with ramping up test capacity.

*** Some Notable Steps in the Covid- 19 Response in Lagos state

*Eti Osa Local Government Area Continues to have the highest number of cases.

*Age Range of Patients mostly affected are from 31 to 50 years.

*Gender Distribution of cases. 62% Males And 38% Females

*Cases Severity- 59% cases are Mild

*38% cases Moderate

*2% severe

*1% Critical And Mortality 1.3%

Average length of Stay at Treatment Centre is 13 Days

*7 More Private Laboratories Have been accredited to carry out Covid-19 testing,and they are as follow

(1) Clina Lancent Laboratories

(2) 0.2 Medical Services

(3)Biologic Medical Laboratories

(4) Medbury Medical Laboratories

(5) 54 Gene

(6)Synlab

And (7) Total Medical Services.

***Three Private Health Facilities Have Also been accredited to Participate in the covid-19 care management.

#ISOLATION CENTRES IN LAGOS STATE AND BED CAPACITY

(A) Mainland Hospital Yaba “115 Bed Capacity

(B)Onikan Isolation centre” 100 Bed Capacity

(C)Lagos University Teaching Hospital LUTH Isolation centre “60 Bed Capacity

(D)Gbagada Isolation centre” 18 Bed Capacity

(E)Land Mark Isolation centre “81 Bed Space Capacity

(F) Agindigbi isolation centre for infected Health workers ” 47 Bed Space Capacity

(G)Lekki Isolation centre “45 Bed space capacity.

SUMMARY OF CASES SO FAR

# 9,496 Covid-19 Confirmed Cases

#5,064 Believed to have recovered

#1,470 Admitted And Discharged

#447 currently Admitted

#7 Cases were evacuated

#2,381 yet to be admitted due to either wrong Information or Preference for home based care.