BREAKING: NIGERIA RECORDS FIRST CORONAVIRUS DEATH, AS CASES HIT 36

Victim Had Underlying Medical Conditions

Nigeria has recorded its first coronavirus death. The victim was Suleiman Achumugu, former managing director of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), who reportedly died at 2am on Monday. The deceased, an indigene of Kogi state, was said to have returned from the United Kingdom two weeks ago.

He was reported to have started exhibiting the symptoms of the virus on Tuesday and the case was reported to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who took specimens for a test.

He tested positive and was evacuated to the specialist hospital, Gwagwalada in Abuja but died while receiving treatment.

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The NCDC disclosed this via a tweet that read, "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."

His family members have reportedly quarantined themselves in their house.

This news was announced shortly after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed additional five cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 35. This was disclosed via the NCDC Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Monday.

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The tweet read, “Five new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: two in the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), two in Lagos State and one in Edo State.

“Two cases are returning travellers from the United Kingdom. As of 09:45 am on 23rd of March, there are 35 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. Two have been discharged.”

The tweet was later updated, with one new case, bringing the total number of active cases to 36. The tweet read, "For a breakdown of cases by states in real time, please see http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng. Currently; Lagos- 25, FCT- 6, Ogun- 2, Ekiti- 1, Oyo- 1, Edo- 1. Total: 36 confirmed cases."

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