Coronavirus

Nigeria Records Second Coronavirus Death

Malik Yahya/

Nigeria has recorded another death from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has revealed.

The minister disclosed this at the first joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force in Abuja.

”Till date, three persons have been discharged after successful treatment but sadly, another fatality was recorded over the weekend in the person of a patient who had severe underlying illnesses,” he said.

This brings the number of deaths in Nigeria to two.

Nigeria recorded its first COVID-19 death in a 67-year-old male who returned home following medical treatment in the UK.

Nigeria currently has 111 cases of Covid-19.

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