Yusuf Bello| A total of 131 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the Abuja and Sokoto state isolation centres.
The Federal Capital Territory accounted for 30 of the recoveries while 101 patients were discharged in Sokoto following their recovery from the disease.
FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello, made this known on Saturday, noting that the total number of discharged patients in the nation’s capital has risen to 245.
Bello said, “I bring you good news as we successfully treated and discharged an additional 30 COVID-19 patients from our treatment facilities in the FCT.
“The total number of discharged patients in the FCT is now 245,” he tweeted while urging residents to take responsibility and keep safe by observing all safety protocols outlined by health and government authorities.
862 infections have so far been reported in the FCT including 22 fatalities, according data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
Also the Sokoto State Taskforce Committee on COVID-19 has discharged all 101 quarantined coronavirus patients in the state, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
The Committee’s Chairman, Ali Inname, who disclosed this, said there was no patient at the isolation centre in the state as of Friday, adding that 14 fatalities were recorded.
Inname stated that 731 samples have been collected since the index case was recorded in the state on April 19.
The chairman, who is also the state’s Commissioner for Health, explained that the committee received 839 alerts from across the state, noting that they were all investigated.
He said the COVID-19 patients were from eight local government areas of the state with about 85% of them being males.
He added that despite the number of recoveries recorded, the committee would continue testing suspected cases and release the results of pending tests.
With NAN report
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