Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada 
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced the recovery and discharge of 17 COVID-19 patients after testing negative twice consecutively.
The ministry, through its verified Twitter handle on Thursday, announced the discharge of six females and 11 males.
The latest discharge brings the total number of recoveries from the virus in the state to 649.
Seven of the patients were released from Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, six patients from LUTH Isolation Centre, four Gbagada Isolation Centre
