At last 60 patients who tested positive for coronavirus in Lagos state have been discharged after recovering from the disease, ministry of health has said.

The patients, 40 males and 20 females, were discharged from isolation centres at Yaba, inejju-Lekki and Eti-Osa.

This is the highest number of patients that would be discharged in a single day in Lagos.

“60 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 20 females & 40 males, all Nigerians were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba, Ibeju-Lekki & Eti-Osa (Landmark) to reunite with the society,” the tweet read.