Nigerian health officials on Monday confirmed the country’s first death from coronavirus.
The case was a 67 year old male who returned home following medical treatment in UK.
According to health officials he had underlying medical conditions including multiple myeloma and diabetes.
He was undergoing chemotherapy before his death after earlier testing positive for the coronavirus.
The 1st #COVID19 death in Nigeria has been recorded. The case was a 67 year old male who returned home following medical treatment in UK
He had underlying medical conditions- multiple myeloma & diabetes & was undergoing chemotherapy
Our thoughts are with his family pic.twitter.com/A7STOjTQeW
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 23, 2020
Nigeria has so far confirmed 36 cases of coronavirus with only two patients making full recovery.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control said on Monday alone an additional five cases of the virus were recorded.
The NCDC said it “will not be commenting on the management of individual cases. The management of cases is the responsibility of States and treatment centres and they are doing their best under difficult circumstances.”
For a breakdown of cases by states in real time, please see https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet
Currently;
Lagos- 25
FCT- 6
Ogun- 2
Ekiti- 1
Oyo- 1
Edo- 1Total: 36 confirmed cases#COVID19Nigeria
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 23, 2020
Source: Africafeeds.com
